After an act of protest, a murky path toward the door

Federal Times: In early July, Social Security Administration employee Adam Pelletier marked up the windows of his agency’s Troy, N.Y., office to protest the agency’s moves to evict the local union from its offices. What followed was a confusing series of leave placements and an eventual proposal for termination that underscore a complicated bureaucracy within the federal workforce.

Federal Times published a story about Pelletier’s case on July 22, noting that the agency had kept Pelletier on administrative leave since July 2, longer than the 10 work-day cap set by U.S. Code and the Administrative Leave Act of 2016.

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