Adverse and Performance-Based Actions
September 23 - 26, 2008 Instructor: Daryle Parks Atlanta, GA $925 October 20 - 23, 2008 Instructor: Gordon Rollins Washington, DC $945 November 18 - 21, 2008 Instructor: Philip Gurrera Washington, DC $945 December 8 - 11, 2008 Instructor: Marvin Bennett San Diego, CA $945 January 27 - 30, 2009 Instructor: Gordon Rollins Philadelphia, PA $945 February 9 - 12, 2009 Instructor: Gordon Rollins Washington, DC $945 February 24 - 27, 2009 Instructor: M. Katherine Collins Seattle, WA $945 March 10 - 13, 2009 Instructor: Daryle Parks Albuquerque, NM $945 March 30 - April 2, 2009 Instructor: Mark Meza Washington, DC $945 April 7 - 10, 2009 Chicago, IL $945 April 14 - 17, 2009 Denver, CO $945 April 21 - 24, 2009 Instructor: Marvin Bennett Phoenix, AZ $945 May 11 - 14, 2009 Instructor: Gordon Rollins Washington, DC $945 June 9 - 12, 2009 Atlanta, GA $945 July 21 - 24, 2009 Instructor: M. Katherine Collins San Francisco, CA $945 August 18 - 21, 2009 Virginia Beach, VA $945 September 14 - 17, 2009 Instructor: Mark Meza Washington, DC $945 September 22 - 25, 2009 Atlanta, GA $945
Overview:
Be confident in your ability to prepare or decide adverse actions or performance-based actions. You learn to meet rigid standards of cause, penalty and proof-all evaluated by a third party who routinely reviews removals, suspensions, demotions and furloughs-before taking adverse and performance-based actions against employees. You explore disciplinary and non-disciplinary causes; unusual cause situations, such as medical problems or off-duty conduct; penalty factors; issues of proof; and pre-action investigations.
Federal personnel specialists, administrative specialists and managers who prepare or decide adverse actions.
Distance Education Option: Solving Performance and Conduct Problems (LABR7052N) . View Course Selection Guides .
Determine whether an action requires adverse action or unacceptable performance action procedures Decide when an adverse action or unacceptable performance action is justified Determine if enough proof is available to take an action List relevant factors in assessing penalties Follow the correct procedures in taking either of the two actions
Syllabus -- Adverse and Performance-Based Actions, LABR7100D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of four
Introduction and objectives
The legal framework
Adverse action jurisdiction
Day two of four
Adverse action causes
Issues of proof
Day three of four
Determining the penalty
Adverse action procedures
Day four of four
Performance-based actions
Appeals and grievances
