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
The White House budget proposal drops reference to a study on federal pay that the Trump administration had cited for …More
The White House budget proposal takes no firm position on the question of potential changes to telework and other pandemic-related …More
The EEOC has updated and expanded its prior guidance on how the laws it enforces affect workplace considerations related to …More
Assurance of properly functioning ventilation systems, notifications about potential COVID-19 exposure of colleagues, protections against retaliation for employees who report …More
After more than four years of lacking a quorum on its governing board to decide appeals, the MSPB “faces its …More
The international stock I fund gained 3.61 percent in May, well outpacing the other two stock-based TSP funds; the large …More
The flexible spending account program for federal employees will hold a “special election period” June 1-30 due to a series …More
Pressure is building on the question of how soon and how widely to return federal employees from telework to their …More
The House Armed Services Committee has held a hearing on recommendations on a number of hiring and other federal employment …More
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a counterpart to a bill moving in the House to revise numerous Postal …More
President Biden has ordered an assessment of how the TSP “has taken environmental, social, and governance factors, including climate-related financial …More
A federal appeals court has taken a broader view of federal workplace protections for veterans than was advocated by one …More
Fully vaccinated federal employees no longer need to wear masks in federal buildings, OMB has said, while adding that that …More
The easing of mask-wearing requirements in federal buildings for those who are fully vaccinated has raised questions about whether the …More
In a report that in essence closes the book on OPM’s internal response to the Coronavirus under the Trump administration, …More
The pandemic has caused a number of problems at federally run prisons and detention facilities, including by worsening existing personnel …More
The inflation index used to determine the January 2022 federal retirement COLA increased by 0.9 percentage points in April, bringing …More
OPM has told federal agencies that it is continuing to review federal labor-management relations policies for further potential changes – …More
A bill to revise many aspects of Postal Service operations — and some aspects of its benefits to employees and …More
With the Biden administration having provided only an outline of a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, much of the …More
Federal agencies “should grant” employees who suffer adverse side-effects of a Coronavirus inoculation up to two workdays of administrative leave, …More
The Defense Department has set limits on the circumstances in which management may ask civilian employees about whether they have …More
OPM has told agencies to continue to work toward implementing an executive order issued by President Trump downplaying the roles …More
A bill (HR-2954) newly offered by the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee would revise several retirement savings …More
The House is set to vote this week on HR-1065, which would expand workplace protections for pregnancy, childbirth or related …More
A federal appeals court has returned to the MSPB a case in which the scope of whistleblower protections for federal …More
Members of Congress—mainly but not exclusively Republicans—are increasingly calling on the Biden administration to return more federal employees to their …More
OPM has told federal agencies that they may now begin allowing their employees to take a special form of paid …More
Guidance from OPM on using the new “emergency paid leave” authority notes that the law creating the fund imposes several …More
House Democratic leaders on civil service issues have proposed a broadening of protections for whistleblowing federal employees in what would …More