Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 1.11.1999

Practices and Procedures

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) proposes to amend its rules of practice and procedure with respect to the notice an agency must provide when it takes an appealable action against an employee who has both a right to appeal to the Board and a right to file a grievance under a grievance procedure. The proposed amendment is intended to ensure that such an employee understands the consequences of making a choice between the MSPB appeal procedure and the grievance procedure. It also is intended to ensure that, where an employee may pursue both procedures (as in the case of preference eligible employees of the United States Postal Service), the employee understands that the Board's time limit for filing an appeal will not be modified or extended if the employee files a grievance. The proposed amendment would also clarify that preference eligible employees of the United States Postal Service and other employees excluded from the coverage of the Federal Labor-Management Relations Statute may not seek MSPB review of a final arbitration decision.