Comment from Patricia Lacy
AnonymousOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter, a civil servant currently facing disciplinary action, opposes the proposed changes to employee discipline procedures. They argue that the new provisions regarding PIPs and settlements are arbitrary, lack transparency, and could lead to discrimination.
I oppose the administration’s efforts to make employee discipline less fair.
Forty-five years of case law provide employees and management alike with flexible and workable guidelines on employee discipline.
Civil servants deserve a transparent and fair process when facing discipline, and to ensure that, they must have union representation and enough time to respond. Currently, I am going through this. I have an attorney/union steward, who cannot represent me in alot of proceedings/meetings. I was terminated June 19th.
The proposed provisions on PIPs, settlements, and voluntary abandonment are arbitrary, and invite discrimination. My attorney/union steward filed and EEO claim in April. We are still dealing with this, my disability, lack of accomadations in my RA. Being put on a PIP, along with being or awaiting my RA. Fact that accmadations were never done prior to being forced back into the office. Training, lack of training in 4.5 yrs.