The Civil Service Reform Act was developed to regulates procedures for civilian employees in federal agencies. Notably, in 1978, another crucial reform was passed, which implied two parts: the Civil Service …show more content…
Specifically, federal employees obtained the right to have a union representative present during disciplinary investigations and give an advanced notice before any disciplinary action is taken. From this time, governmental agencies had to provide a sensible reason for proposing a demotion or dismissal. Consequently, federal employees became able to challenge decisions by expressing their grievances freely. Considering the OPM and the FLRA, their main tasks suppose managing responsibilities. For instance, the OPM was designed to govern federal human resources and provide executive branch agencies with management guidance. At the same time, the FLRA administered the federal employees’ right to form the unions that work with controlling bodies. The duties performed by the two offices, the cooperation between unions, workers, and federal agencies started to demonstrate significant improvements.
Also, the CSRA had other provisions. One of them implied the creation of the Senior Executive Service (SES), a top executive rank-in-person system, employee performance appraisals, merit pay, and other. Thanks to such amendments in the civil reform, a lot of specialized commissions were created, which allowed modifying procedures of dealing with poor