Reply to Proposal for termination from a federal agency

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Proposal for termination from a federal agency"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP there is good advice on specifics above but bluntly something bigger is going on.

I am a fed and it's very rare for someone to be investigated for time and attendance fraud. Usually it's the way that they try to get rid of someone after they have already decided they want to terminate the person (but subjective criteria like performance are harder to prove). Plenty of people cut corners and no one is tracking their keystrokes. If you are basically a good employee getting work done, no one wants to fire you. You have to be a very low performer or non-performer or something else going on, for an investigation to be started.

You might know more and not want to share it here, totally fair. But I hope your DH is being forthcoming about what's actually at play here.[/quote]

This. I went about three (3) rounds with my husband's employer before they were successful in terminating him. He suffered severe cognitive decline after about 15-18 years of good service. They exploited his challenges with timeframes and manner of response because not complying with them would lead to termination with him never mounting any real defense. However, once I got ahold of their evidence, etc. - they were not able to make anything stick. The last one they used 'fraud' or something like OP mentions where he submitted the same information for several months on a status report (again, easiest with the memory issues), but they laid a trap of sorts of where it would not have been possible to do some of the tasks over months and therefore must have been lying. It was crazy. Put up a fight (even without a lawyer) and chances are they will back off. But I would have a candid and clear conversation with your spouse about what's happening there. [/quote]

While I have so much sympathy for someone with cognitive decline, we aren’t a jobs program. No reasonable accommodations means that the work or deadlines needs to be made easier due to a disability. I know someone who had a major health issue who was terminated. At the end of the day, he couldn’t do the work. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics