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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on May 13, 2017, 04:56:44 AM
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Legislation would also withhold pay from employees awaiting appeals decision
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would grant the secretary of Veterans Affairs the authority to accelerate the firing of employees for misconduct, a deal that arrives two months after the House passed its own version along party lines.
The legislation extends the appeals period from the House bill for employees placed on administrative leave, but enables the department to withhold pay from those workers who are awaiting a case determination. Similar to the House version, it includes a measure to strip employees of bonuses awarded in error and reduce pensions of workers convicted of a felony related to their job.
The bill would also extend whistleblower protections and codify into law the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection that was set up last month by President Donald Trump through executive order.
The measure, cosponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), Jon Tester (D., Mont.), Johnny Isakson (R., Ga.), and Bill Nelson (D., Fla.), comes on the heels of a warning from the VA inspector general who visited the Washington, D.C., facility on Wednesday and identified conditions in which patients were "placed at unnecessary risk."
http://freebeacon.com/issues/senate-introduces-bipartisan-va-accountability-bill-streamlining-firing-process/