MSPB faces high workload, low staffing levels

MSPB faces high workload, low staffing levels

Federal employees turned in droves to the Merit Systems Protection Board at the height of the Trump administration’s workforce upheavals earlier this year, but those employees will likely be waiting longer than usual to see their cases processed. Administrative judges at MSPB, who adjudicate appeals from federal employees alleging prohibited personnel practices, have seen a flood of new cases land on their dockets, causing their caseloads to inc…