Inside Santos: Landmark Decision Requiring Agency Justification of a PIP

Mark your calendars for the Inside Santos: Landmark Decision Requiring Agency Justification of a PIP live webinar on November 3, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST.

For over 40 years since the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act, federal agencies have not been required to justify the imposition of a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) in employee appeals of performance-based removals.

On March 11, 2021, in a landmark opinion, a panel of Federal Circuit judges ruled that, contrary to decades of MSPB rulings, the plain language of a statutory provision of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 required the agency to establish that an employee had unsatisfactory performance both before and during the PIP.

In this live webinar, an attorney from Shaw Bransford & Roth will explain the Federal Circuit's holding and its practical application for agencies.