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September 1, 2009 • 12 - 1:30 p.m. ET:
Alternative Discipline and Federal Employees: Creating Win-Win Solutions
Peter Broida, Director, Federal Employment Law Training Group
William B. Wiley, Director, Federal Employment Law Training Group

Discover creative ways to deal with problem employees
— and spend less time defending disciplinary actions.

Traditional discipline procedures are complex and demoralizing to the employee — not to mention fraught with legal pitfalls for the agency. But there are creative ways to resolve workplace issues without resorting to the ever-troublesome statutory termination procedures.

Here’s your chance to learn more constructive — less destructive — discipline approaches for problem employees, from two of the most respected experts in federal employment law. In 90 fast-paced minutes, Peter Broida and William Wiley will detail win-win discipline methods that avoid the risk of having a disciplinary action reversed on appeal, while simultaneously causing minimal disruption to the workplace.

You’ll learn the ins and outs of powerful alternatives to discipline, including:

              •    Last-chance agreements

              •    Abeyance agreements

              •    Community service options

              •    Leave donation in lieu of suspension

              •    Constructive misconduct-related job assignments

              •    Mediation

Plus, you’ll gain Broida’s and Wiley’s expert guidance on how to:

              •    Legally present the option of voluntary resignation rather than
                   termination — and avoid a finding of “constructive termination”
                   and reinstatement with back pay

              •    Craft discipline options that add value to co-workers and the workplace

              •   Use mediation to resolve conflicts in a mutually agreeable manner

              •    And more!

            •    HR Professionals

            •    Employee Relations Specialists

            •    Attorneys

            •    Union Representatives

            •    Managers & Supervisors

Peter Broida is has been widely recognized as an expert in federal employment law litigation practice for over 25 years. He maintains an active law practice in the Washington, D.C. area where he is counsel and represents employees, unions and federal agencies before the MSPB, EEOC and the Federal Circuit. He is the author and publisher of the annual texts, A Guide to Merit Systems Protection Board Law and Practice and A Guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law and Practice, among many other titles.

William B. Wiley is an attorney in private practice concentrating in the area of federal employment and discrimination law. He's also a director of the Federal Employment Law Training Group. Mr. Wiley is former chief counsel to the chairman of the MSPB and served two other members over a 10-year period. On occasion, he sat as an MSPB administrative judge. In addition, Mr. Wiley was appointed as the chief of staff to the general counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. His areas of expertise include adverse actions, unacceptable performance removals, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower reprisal and other areas of appellate jurisdiction.