Budget Drops Reference to Study Cited for Holding Down Pay; Views of Co-Worker Performance
The White House budget proposal drops reference to a study on federal pay that the Trump administration had cited for …More
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Max Telework Authority Remains in Place as WH Reviews Workplace Issues
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
The House Armed Services Committee has held a hearing on recommendations on a number of hiring and other federal employment …More
New Senate Postal Bill Mirrors House Measure; Other Bills Offered
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Guidance from OPM on using the new “emergency paid leave” authority notes that the law creating the fund imposes several …More
Broadened Whistleblower Protections Proposed
House Democratic leaders on civil service issues have proposed a broadening of protections for whistleblowing federal employees in what would …More
