One of the executives now works for a different agency, which must enforce the agreement. Image: Tanoy1412/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Office of Special Counsel has said that it has reached settlement agreements with two agencies resulting in unpaid suspensions, one for 30 days and one for 36, of senior executive employees for “conduct involving unlawful hiring preferences” at HHS.
“OSC’s investigation revealed evidence that the two senior executives who worked in the agency’s Office of Human Resources afforded illegal preferences and advantages to multiple job applicants. These violations included pressuring subordinates within HR to improperly select unqualified candidates for multiple positions,” it said.
One of the executives now works for a different agency, which must enforce the agreement, it added, reflecting “the principle that employees who engage in prohibited personnel practices will not be permitted to hide their offenses under the cover of new employment.”
Separately, the OSC said that the MSPB has granted at its request a 45-day stay of a proposed removal of a VA employee who filed a complaint alleging that the firing was an act of retaliation for her disclosures regarding “misdirecting agency-owned medical supplies in violation of various laws, rules, and regulations.”
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