Earlier this year, a federal appeals court said two Defense Department employees could not appeal their demotions. That’s because their jobs were deemed sensitive to national security. One managed a commissary. The other was an accounting technician.
The ruling has stoked controversy over federal employees’ due process rights. Now there’s even legislation in Congress. John Mahoney is the chairman of the labor and employment practice group at the law firm Tully Rinckey. He discusses the potential impact on feds.