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Budget Drops Reference to Study Cited for Holding Down Pay; Views of Co-Worker Performance

Published: June 1, 2021

The White House budget proposal drops reference to a study on federal pay that the Trump administration had cited for …More

Max Telework Authority Remains in Place as WH Reviews Workplace Issues

Published: June 1, 2021

The White House budget proposal takes no firm position on the question of potential changes to telework and other pandemic-related …More

Vaccine: EEOC Updates Guidance on What Employers Can Ask or Require

Published: June 1, 2021

The EEOC has updated and expanded its prior guidance on how the laws it enforces affect workplace considerations related to …More

Survey: Feds Cite Safety Concerns in Returning from Telework

Published: June 1, 2021

Assurance of properly functioning ventilation systems, notifications about potential COVID-19 exposure of colleagues, protections against retaliation for employees who report …More

MSPB Calls Its Situation ‘Dire’

Published: June 1, 2021

After more than four years of lacking a quorum on its governing board to decide appeals, the MSPB “faces its …More

I Fund Sets the Pace for TSP in May

Published: June 1, 2021

The international stock I fund gained 3.61 percent in May, well outpacing the other two stock-based TSP funds; the large …More

Special Election Period ahead for FSA Program

Published: May 25, 2021

The flexible spending account program for federal employees will hold a “special election period” June 1-30 due to a series …More

Pressures Growing for Both Sides on Remote vs. Onsite Working

Published: May 25, 2021

Pressure is building on the question of how soon and how widely to return federal employees from telework to their …More

Proposed Changes in Hiring, other Personnel Policies Get Hearing in House

Published: May 25, 2021

The House Armed Services Committee has held a hearing on recommendations on a number of hiring and other federal employment …More

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New Senate Postal Bill Mirrors House Measure; Other Bills Offered

Published: May 25, 2021

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a counterpart to a bill moving in the House to revise numerous Postal …More

Review of TSP Investment Policies to Include “Climate-related financial risk”

Published: May 25, 2021

President Biden has ordered an assessment of how the TSP “has taken environmental, social, and governance factors, including climate-related financial …More

Court Takes Broad View of USERRA Protections

Published: May 25, 2021

A federal appeals court has taken a broader view of federal workplace protections for veterans than was advocated by one …More

OMB Loosens Federal Workplace Mask Requirements, Hints at More Changes to Come

Published: May 19, 2021

Fully vaccinated federal employees no longer need to wear masks in federal buildings, OMB has said, while adding that that …More

Uncertainty Continues on Potential Rollback of Telework

Published: May 19, 2021

The easing of mask-wearing requirements in federal buildings for those who are fully vaccinated has raised questions about whether the …More

IG Criticizes OPM’s Own Workplace Safety Practices under Trump

Published: May 19, 2021

In a report that in essence closes the book on OPM’s internal response to the Coronavirus under the Trump administration, …More

Report: Pandemic Worsened Personnel Shortages at Prisons, Detention Facilities

Published: May 18, 2021

The pandemic has caused a number of problems at federally run prisons and detention facilities, including by worsening existing personnel …More

COLA Count Jumps in April

Published: May 18, 2021

The inflation index used to determine the January 2022 federal retirement COLA increased by 0.9 percentage points in April, bringing …More

Agencies Can Bring Back Labor-Management Forums; OPM Considering Further Changes

Published: May 18, 2021

OPM has told federal agencies that it is continuing to review federal labor-management relations policies for further potential changes – …More

Postal Bill Advances with Bipartisan Support

Published: May 18, 2021

A bill to revise many aspects of Postal Service operations — and some aspects of its benefits to employees and …More

Congress Takes Up Leave, Ethics Issues as Wait Continues for Budget, Telework Guidance

Published: May 11, 2021

With the Biden administration having provided only an outline of a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, much of the …More

Paid Leave Available for Vaccination Side-Effects

Published: May 11, 2021

Federal agencies “should grant” employees who suffer adverse side-effects of a Coronavirus inoculation up to two workdays of administrative leave, …More

DoD Employees Generally May Not Be Asked about Vaccination Status

Published: May 11, 2021

The Defense Department has set limits on the circumstances in which management may ask civilian employees about whether they have …More

OPM Continues Trump-Issued Policies on Job Qualifications, Candidate Assessments

Published: May 11, 2021

OPM has told agencies to continue to work toward implementing an executive order issued by President Trump downplaying the roles …More

Bill Would Affect TSP Policies; RMDs, Limits

Published: May 11, 2021

A bill (HR-2954) newly offered by the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee would revise several retirement savings …More

House to Consider Expanding Pregnancy-Related Protections

Published: May 11, 2021

The House is set to vote this week on HR-1065, which would expand workplace protections for pregnancy, childbirth or related …More

MSPB Concedes Parts of Whistleblower Ruling in Error; Appeals Court Returns Case

Published: May 11, 2021

A federal appeals court has returned to the MSPB a case in which the scope of whistleblower protections for federal …More

Calls Grow for Returning More Federal Employees to Their Regular Worksites

Published: May 4, 2021

Members of Congress—mainly but not exclusively Republicans—are increasingly calling on the Biden administration to return more federal employees to their …More

$570M Emergency Leave Fund Now Available for Federal Employee Use

Published: May 4, 2021

OPM has told federal agencies that they may now begin allowing their employees to take a special form of paid …More

New Pandemic Leave Fund Comes with Strings Attached

Published: May 4, 2021

Guidance from OPM on using the new “emergency paid leave” authority notes that the law creating the fund imposes several …More

fedweek.com: OSC Urges Broader Reading of Whistleblower Protections

Broadened Whistleblower Protections Proposed

Published: May 4, 2021

House Democratic leaders on civil service issues have proposed a broadening of protections for whistleblowing federal employees in what would …More

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