John P. Sanchez v. U.S. Postal Service Appeal Type: Restoration to Duty Decision Number: 2010 MSPB 121 Issuance Date: June 25, 2010 The appellant is a non-preference eligible Mail Processing Clerk who sustained a work-related injury in 1992, and thereafter worked in a series of limited duty assignments. In 2009, as part of its National […]
Appellant: Reginald B. Day Agency: United States Postal Service Decision Number: 2010 MSPB 63 Docket Number: AT-0752-09-0163-X-1 Issuance Date: April 13, 2010 Appeal Type: Adverse Action by Agency Action Type: Constructive Adverse Action Compliance This case was before the Board pursuant to a recommendation of the administrative judge that the Board grant the appellant’s petition […]
Mr. (Eligido) Galino worked as a Supervisor, Customer Service, EAS-17 for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in Sacramento, California. On August 12, 2008, an incident occurred between Window Clerk Jeannine Teefey and Mr. Galino, her supervisor. Later that day, Ms. Teefey sought to discuss this incident with Anderson English, a manager. The three individuals […]
Mikki DeWitt is a Rural Carrier Associate in Ewen, MI 49925. The normal penalty for violation of the Hatch Act is removal. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2010 MSPB 59 Docket No. CB-1216-09-0021-T-1 Special Counsel, Petitioner, v. Mikki DeWitt, Respondent. March 30, 2010 Erica S. Hamrick, Esquire, Washington, D.C., for the petitioner. […]
The following is a summary of the decision- click here to read the entire case. PR note: This case illustrates why employees must be very careful when entering into Last Chance Agreements: Appellant: Gary Donnell Rhett Agency: United States Postal Service Decision Number: 2010 MSPB 21 Docket Number: AT-0752-09-0408-I-1; AT-0752-09-0484-I-1 Issuance Date: January 27, 2010 […]
A Postal Employee appealed USPS’ decision to remove him based on a charge of Improper Conduct/Violation of Zero Tolerance Policy after the employee engaged in a physical altercation with a co-worker. The MSPB sustained the removal, but the Federal Circuit Court reversed the penalty determination and remanded the case. The MSPB found that a 30-day […]
Karla Malloy entered employment with the USPS on October 18, 1980. At the time of the events at issue she was in the position of data collection technician at the Seattle Bulk Mail Center. In November 2005 Ms. June D. Hamilton became Ms. Malloy’s immediate supervisor. Because Ms. Malloy and Ms. Hamilton usually worked on […]
Heidel vs USPS, 2009 MSPB 152, August 5, 2009 by Don Cheney The Merit Systems Protection Board found that the appellant was not entitled to the limited duty position he wanted. The Postal Service needed only to assign him to a position for which he is qualified. The USPS restructured the appellant’s current position by […]
President Barack Obama has chosen two attorneys with extensive experience representing government employees to lead the Merit Systems Protection Board, which rules on disputes between federal agencies (including the Postal Service) and their employees. Here are the bios as posted on the White House website: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Nominee for Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board Since […]
Removal for Unacceptable Attendance Affirmed, 2009 MSPB 134, July 17, 2009 Curtis vs USPS It was undisputed that over the course of about 21 months, the Austin, TX P&DC Mail Processing Clerk was absent from work 81 days, including 77 days of unscheduled leave without pay (LWOP). In his response, the appellant asserted that his […]