there should be a law that any government employee who ‘takes the fifth’ can be immediately fired and any all benefits/pensions revoked.
The ‘servants of the people’ have to be accountable to the public they are supposed to be serving. You have Constitutional Rights, but the People have the Right to have public employees who are accountable for their actions.
Continually answering to reidiculously ‘I dont recall’ might likewise allow removal from the job for mental incompetence.
But at least having THAT made plain in a public trial can give their superiors sufficient reason for firing.
I think you are on the right track. For certain jobs involving public trust, you enjoy rights on the order of what you’d get under the UCMJ.
Essentially, what would result is a reduced expectation of privacy that stopped short of depriving someone of their right to refuse self-incrimination.
So, your 4th amendment rights (papers and person, including your personal electronic accounts and social media - bank accounts) pretty much goes away. Your 5th amendment rights (testimony against yourself) is preserved.