Prohibited
Personnel Practices
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By
law, Federal employees may not: |
- Discriminate
- Solicit or consider employment
recommendations based on
factors other than personal
knowledge or records of job
related abilities or characteristics
- Coerce the political activity of any person
- Deceive or willfully obstruct any
person from competing for
employment
- Influence any person to withdraw
from job competition
- Give an unauthorized preference
or advantage to improve or injure
the prospects of any particular
person for employment
- Engage in nepotism
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- Take or threaten to take a
personnel action because of
whistleblowing
- Take or threaten to take a
personnel action because of the
exercise of a lawful appeal,
complaint, or grievance right
- Discriminate based on personal
conduct which does not
adversely affect the performance
of the employee or other
employees
- Knowingly take or fail to take a
personnel action in the violation
of veteran's preference laws
- Violate any law, rule or
regulation implementing or
directly concerning merit system
principles
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More information may be obtained from: |
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U.S. OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
1730 M STREET, N.W., SUITE 218
WASHINGTON, DC 20036-4505
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WWW.OSC.GOV
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PHONE:
(202) 254-3600* |
TOLL FREE:
1-800-872-9855* |
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*Hearing and Speech Disabled:
Federal Relay Service 1-800-877-8339 |
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Rev. 12/05 |
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