Court Rules on Employee Duty to Follow Orders
Federal employees have a right to refuse to follow orders from management that would require them to break a law, …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersApproval Near in Senate on Buyout, Veterans Preference Changes
The Senate expects to finish voting this week on a DoD bill (S-2943) containing significant changes in several federal employee …More
White House Silent on Some Issues, Objects on Others
The Obama administration has issued a statement opposing several provisions of the bill, although the veterans preference changes were not …More
Several Provisions Could Impact Jobs
The White House also opposes language that would repeal the longstanding moratorium on “Circular A-76” studies comparing in-house costs to …More
Panel to Advance Bill Allowing Raise, Setting Policies
The House Appropriations Committee is set to vote tomorrow (June 9) on the general government appropriations bill, the key annual …More
OPM Outlines Terms of Disabled Veterans Leave
OPM has proposed rules spelling out a new “disabled veteran leave” entitlement enacted into law late last year, stressing that …More
Senate Bill Would Expand Law Officer Retirement
Legislation (S-2946) offered in the Senate would expand the special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers to certain categories who …More
House Backs Wider Job Competition Rights for Some Temps
The House has passed HR-4906, to clarify a law enacted last year regarding temporary or seasonal employees of land management …More
Buyouts, Raise, Other Issues on Agenda Ahead
After this week’s break, Congress will be in session for five of the next six weeks before recessing until September, …More
Limits on Veterans Preference Sought
The Senate DoD bill also contains two provisions not in the House bill regarding veterans preference, including one that “would …More
Plan to Limit VA Employee Rights Challenged from Both Sides
Another high priority bill (S-2921), which could reach a floor vote in the Senate in the upcoming weeks, would shorten …More
Acceptance of Raise by Default Appears Set
Also likely to progress in the time ahead is the general government appropriations bill. A House subcommittee has approved that …More
Overtime Rules Revision Has Little Impact, at Least for Now
Recently issued Labor Department rules regarding overtime eligibility have little immediate impact on federal employees in general, since separate policies …More
Senate Bill Would Boost Buyout Amount at DoD
The Senate is set to vote this week on an annual defense budget bill (S-2943) that would increase the maximum …More
No Paid Parental Leave, but Other Changes Backed
The DoD also had asked for a government-wide authority for six weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees but …More
Spending Bill Effectively Allows Raise
House appropriators have remained silent regarding a January 2017 federal pay raise in the first draft of the annual spending …More
Raise Figure Probably Will Be 1.6 Percent
President Obama earlier this year recommended a 1.6 percent raise for next January and there is strong precedent for him …More
FSA Claims Blackout Period Announced
The FSAFEDS flexible spending account program will not accept claims submissions during the month of August as the program transitions …More
Several VA Bills Advance
The House has approved HR-4974, a budget bill for VA including a provision barring performance awards to senior executives there, …More
Time Limit on Federal Employee Bias Suits Clarified
A U.S. Supreme Court decision has clarified the time limits for federal employees to sue their agencies under the Civil …More
Background Checks to Include Examining Social Media
Checking of publicly available postings on social media will become a standard part of background checks on federal employees for …More
Policy Comes with Several Protections
The government will not request or require individuals to provide passwords or log into private accounts, turn over private emails, …More
White House Opposes Administrative Leave Restrictions
The Obama administration has objected to a move in Congress to restrict use of administrative leave, paid time away from …More
Disputes Also Arise over Raise, Other Issues
Also, the White House opposes language in the House version to set the January military raise–which often acts as a …More
VA Personnel Changes Could Move Quickly
Senate leaders on veterans’ issues say they hope to move quickly to enact a bill, possibly as soon as the …More
More Restrictions on VA Executives Planned
The Senate bill is in part a response to dissatisfaction on Capitol Hill with the outcome of a 2014 law …More
VA Changes Could Set Precedent for Other Agencies
The potential wide-ranging changes in disciplinary and other policies at the VA–the measure also would boost protections for whistleblowers, for …More
Senate Now the Focus for Workplace Issues
The Senate Armed Services Committee this week is writing its version of the DoD budget, presenting another opportunity for Congress …More
Split View on Raise Developing
The House DoD measure assumes a 2.1 percent raise for the military in January, which would set a marker–although not …More
Senate Set to Package, Advance Personnel Changes
Numerous bills affecting federal personnel policies that have passed the Senate committee level could come to a full Senate vote …More
