Probationary Federal Employees and MSPB appeal rights
By Chris Attig | PermalinkJanuary 19th in MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline).
The very general rule among many Federal agencies is that a Federal employee who is terminated during a probationary period has no MSPB appeal right, unless the employee alleges the removal was motivated by discrimination, partisan political reasons, or the employee’s marital status.
That landscape is changing very quickly. A series of Federal Circuit and MSPB decisions dating back to 1989 has started to broaden the protection available to probationary Federal Employees.
