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Clean Record Settlement Agreements and the Law (2013)
Addressing Poor Performers and the Law (2009)
Alternative Discipline: Creative Solutions for Agencies to Effectively Address Employee Misconduct (2008)
Navigating the Probationary Period After Van Wersch and McCormick (2007)
The Probationary Period: A Critical Assessment Opportunity (2005)
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Probationary Periods: A Missed Opportunity to Address Poor Performance (Spring 2015)
Clean Record Settlements: Words Matter (Jan. 2014)
Conduct-Based Actions: Why Performance Matters (Sep. 2011)
Alternative Discipline: What You Need to Know (Feb. 2009)
What Agencies Should Know in a Post-Van Wersch & McCormick World (Jul. 2006)
Due Process: What You Need to Know (May 2006)
The Trial Period: A Missing Link (Jan. 2006)
Replace Warm Bodies with Working Bodies (Apr. 2005)
Agency Corner: Administering the Probationary Period (Jan. 2005)
Using the Probationary Period to Weed Out Selection Errors (Jun. 2004)
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