Deborah A. Thomas v. Dept. of Defense

Petitioner Deborah Thomas (“Thomas”) petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), sustaining the action by respondent, the Department of Defense, removing Thomas from her position. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Thomas was employed as a sales store checker at the Defense Commissary Agency. Sales store checkers perform sales clerical duties, and are expected to ensure that the correct amount of money is in the till at the end of a day. As defined by the relevant performance standard, a “variance” is a discrepancy between the amount of money actually in the…