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		   	 Adverse Actions: A Primer in Pieces
      Second-Hand News Can be Misleading
      The Adverse Action Process - A Flowchart
      Performance-Based Actions under Chapters 43 and 75 of Title 5 - Similarities and Differences
      Different Types of Adverse Actions Use Different Rules
      Legal Sources for the Right to Notice and a Meaningful Opportunity to Reply
      Decision-Maker Must Listen and Have Power to Decide
      Connecting the Job and the Offense ("Nexus")
      Labels are Not Required, but if Used They Must be Proven
      Determining the Penalty
      How Employees Become Similarly Situated for Purposes of an Adverse Action Penalty
      Avoid Facilitating Prohibited Personnel Practices (PPPs)
      Agency Officials' Substantive and Procedural Errors and How to Fix Them
      Identifying Probationers and Their Rights
      The Limited Powers of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
      Why Federal Employees Have the Right to a Hearing
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**Studies  related to adverse actions:**What is Due Process in  Federal Civil Service Employment? (2015)Clean Record Settlement  Agreements and the Law(2013)Addressing Poor  Performers and the Law (2009)Alternative Discipline:  Creative Solutions for Agencies to  Effectively Address Employee Misconduct (2008)Navigating the  Probationary Period After Van Wersch and McCormick (2007)The Probationary  Period:  A Critical Assessment  Opportunity (2005)**Additional  articles related to adverse actions:**Indefinite Suspensions  and Potentially Criminal Behavior:  Using  Reasonable Cause to Act (May 2016)Adverse Actions:  Rules and Reality(Aug. 2015)Identifying a  Probationer:  It is not Always Easy, but  is Always Important (Jun. 2015)Probationary Periods:  A Missed Opportunity to Address Poor  Performance (Spring 2015)Clean Record  Settlements:  Words Matter (Jan. 2014)Conduct-Based Actions:  Why Performance Matters (Sep. 2011)Alternative Discipline:   What You Need to Know (Feb. 2009)What Agencies Should  Know in a Post-*Van Wersch* & *McCormick* World (Jul. 2006)Due Process:  What You Need to Know (May 2006)The Trial Period:  A Missing Link (Jan. 2006)Replace Warm Bodies  with Working Bodies (Apr. 2005)Agency Corner:  Administering the Probationary Period (Jan.  2005)Using the Probationary  Period to Weed Out Selection Errors (Jun. 2004)


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