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“The Department of Veterans Affairs should have stronger and faster tools to discipline employees for poor work or misconduct.”
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“A covered VA supervisor or manager demoted under the fast-track process should start lower pay right away and, during an appeal, should be paid only for working or using approved leave rather than being placed on paid administrative leave.”
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“VA supervisors and managers facing fast-track discipline should get notice, see the evidence, use a representative, and challenge the decision inside VA, but the response and grievance deadlines would be short and some existing section 714 process language would be removed.”
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“VA should need substantial evidence before firing, demoting, or suspending employees, and decision-makers should use listed penalty factors that vary by worker group, from narrow job-role factors for managers and senior executives to broader fairness factors for many other employees.”
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“VA should be able to fire, demote, or suspend covered supervisors, managers, and many other covered employees without first giving them the usual federal poor-performance process or a formal chance to improve.”
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“VA should be able to fire, demote, or suspend covered supervisors and managers through a faster process when substantial evidence shows serious misconduct or poor performance, including some conduct dating back to 2017.”
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“For certain VA medical staff, the VA Secretary should be able to choose whether discipline uses the new supervisor and manager process, section 714, or the general federal civil service process.”
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“The Department of Veterans Affairs should have flexibility to choose the right discipline process for certain VA health care workers.”
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