William B. Wiley is an attorney in private practice
concentrating in the area of federal employment and discrimination law.
In addition, he serves as a Director of the Federal Employment Law Training
Group,
and as Dean of the California Federal School of Law in Washington, D.C.
and San Diego, California.
Formerly, Mr. Wiley served as the Chief
Counsel to the Chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board as
well as serving as Chief Counsel to two other members over a ten year
period. As a Presidential appointee, he reviewed 1500 to 2000 appeal cases annually on behalf of
the Board Members. He established facts, applied law and precedent, and recommended proposed
findings for each substantive appeal. His areas of expertise include adverse actions, unacceptable performance removals, discrimination,
harassment, whistleblower reprisal, veterans’ rights, federal
retirement, workers’ compensation, and other areas of appellate
jurisdiction. On occasion, he sat as an MSPB administrative judge. He
served three terms in this position.
In addition to serving at MSPB, Mr.
Wiley was appointed as the Chief of Staff to the General Counsel of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority. As a Presidential appointee, he reviewed 1000 to 1200 unfair
labor practice charge case files annually over a three-year period. He
established facts, applied law, and recommended proposed dispositions.
His areas of expertise included protected union activity reprisal, the obligation to bargain,
negotiability questions, management rights, bargain
tactics, investigation techniques, Weingarten rights, and other areas of
federal labor law.
Prior to his Presidential appointments,
Mr. Wiley began his
federal career as a Navy personnel
management intern and eventually was promoted as the regional policy advisor for 25,000
Navy civilian employees located in 20 geographically dispersed organizations.
He advised
local-level managers and employee relations practitioners on all aspects
of the field, including disciplinary actions, appeals, investigations,
grievances, union-management relations and obligations, mediation,
discrimination, and reprisal. He represented the agency before the Merit
Systems Protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the
Office of Special Counsel, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
the Office of Workers’ Compensation, the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, and in arbitration under various collective
bargaining agreements. On occasion, he served as a grievance examiner.
He has authored books on the
topics of sexual harassment, unacceptable performance, civil liability of
federal employees, and the regulatory and statutory framework of federal
employment law.
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