Social Security Treated Employee Worse Because He Was A Vet
From Bloomberg Law : A former attorney adviser with the Social Security Administration convinced the Federal Circuit Nov. 7 that his veteran status was a substantially motivating factor in the agency�s 2011 decision to fire him. As a qualifying veteran hired by a government agency, Clarence McGuffin was entitled to a shorter probationary period than other non-veteran new hires before the full suite of Civil Service Reform Act rights vested. Those rights include the right to appeal adverse employment actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board.... �We want to terminate him so that he does not acquire MSPB rights,� read one intra-agency email quoted in the opinion. Another email stated that McGuffin was a �vet� who �has to be terminated in his first year.� ... McGuffin was let go from his attorney adviser position in SSA�s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review in part because he allegedly wasn�t producing his �fair share� of work, a mo...