MSPB Appeal: The 30 Days That Decide Your Federal Career

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If your agency removes, demotes, or suspends you for more than 14 days, you have 30 calendar days to get to the Board. Miss it and the strongest case in the world never gets heard. Southworth PC attorneys Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor walk the MSPB appeal start to finish: who can appeal, what happens when you file, why the burden lands on the agency, and what winning looks like. In this episode: The Docket Three kinds of appeals leave the MSPB on September 2: RIF appeals, suitability actions, and probationary terminations. They move to OPM — mostly on paper, final word with the OPM Director. Per Government Executive's count, about 1,250 comments came in and 99% said don't do this. What…