Q: My employee wrote a long statement regarding a recent disciplinary action. What am I supposed to do with that? A: If it’s simply a general statement about why the disciplinary action is inaccurate, ...

Sometimes employers believe they have all the evidence they need to discipline or terminate an employee, even without having talked to the employee and hearing the employee’s side. Why waste time ...

Many disciplinary cases also involve discrimination and/or whistleblower retaliation which is relevant to a federal employee’s defense. Often, agencies fail to consider mitigating factors such as ...

A House panel has advanced a measure aimed at bringing more transparency to disciplinary action taken against Veterans Affairs Department employees, with supporters saying current practices sweep ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...