How Agencies Perceive Why Employees Stay
One often overlooked aspect of the study into the possibility of adding a paid parental leave federal benefit was agencies’ …More
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In its study of paid parental leave, OPM also asked agencies to suggest alternatives to creating a new entitlement to …More
OPM’s Report on Paid Parental Leave
For a closer look at OPM’s findings regarding the issue of paid parental leave, including cost estimates and current practices …More
Another Proposal on Paid Parental Leave Coming
The sponsor of legislation in the previous Congress to create up to six weeks of paid parental leave for federal …More
2002 Free Federal Leave Chart Now Available
You asked for it, you got it: FEDweek has just posted a FREE 2002 interactive federal employee leave use tracker …More
Special Rate Case Delayed Again
At the request of the Justice Department, a federal judge overseeing the special rate back pay suit has delayed until …More
2002 Pay Tables Still Pending
Meanwhile, the Bush administration still has not released the general schedule pay tables by locality for 2002. The final step …More
Locality Pay Expansion Rejected
Five metropolitan areas that had been under consideration to become separate localities in the general schedule locality pay system will …More
Procedure Would Mirror Past Rounds
The base closing arrangement anticipated by the DoD measure would work in much the same way as the four past …More
More Base Closings Backed
The pending DoD authorization bill also accepts the Bush administration’s call for another round of base closings, although to begin …More
Some Details to Be Worked Out
Congressional officials said that the change in frequent traveler policy would be retroactive, meaning that employees who have built up …More
Frequent Flier Benefits to Become Personal Property
Federal employees will be able to keep for their personal use any “frequent flier” and similar travel affinity program benefits …More
