When federal workers are fired, they can appeal their terminations before an obscure board. Under President Trump, it has ...

New York Times Investigative reporter Michael Schmidt joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest reporting on the alleged White ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The proper review forum when the Merit Systems Protection Board dismisses a mixed case -- a complaint by an employee of a ...

Thousands of federal workers fired in recent days by the Trump administration may be able to use an appeals process to get reinstated in their jobs — and potentially receive back pay. But the process ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement, at least temporarily, of the Biden-appointed chair of the federal board that hears appeals of disciplinary actions against federal employees, ...

Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes. By Eileen Sullivan See more of our coverage in your ...

A federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday that Cathy A. Harris, the chair of the federal Merit Systems Protection Board, cannot be fired by President Donald Trump “at will” and entered a permanent ...

Are you a federal employee or contractor who has been impacted by the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the federal workforce? Send us a voice note through the WTOP News app, available on Apple ...

Since the wave of U.S. government layoffs began, the independent agency that adjudicates a federal worker’s challenge of their dismissal has seen its case load skyrocket. The U.S. Merit Systems ...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from firing a Democratic member of a government employee appeals board, which has experienced a surge in cases as a result of the ...