More Proposals Coming from Biden, but May Not Address Pay, Benefits Issues
The White House is expected to release a number of new spending and policy proposals in the time just ahead, …More
The White House is expected to release a number of new spending and policy proposals in the time just ahead, …More
Results from the government’s three largest departments of the 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey show familiar areas of concern, especially …More
About a fifth of DHS employees expressed negative views regarding safety precautions and other aspects of the department’s response to …More
The Labor Department has said that some claims for Federal Employees Compensation Act benefits related to COVID-19 that were denied …More
The Biden administration has named an acting general counsel for the FLRA, a key position for federal labor-management relations because …More
Some 30 House members including many of those the most active on civil service issues have asked President Biden to …More
The VA has reverted to labor-management policies in effect before a series of restrictive executive orders by President Trump in …More
With the pace of Coronavirus inoculations accelerating both inside and outside the federal workforce, signs are emerging of the federal …More
The USPS has put in place what it is calling “interim” procedures for providing additional paid leave to its employees …More
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued two recent decisions in separate cases broadening employee protections in …More
The Postal Service’s newly announced reorganization plan seeks relief from several employment-benefits related funding obligations and further seeks to shift …More
Among newly introduced bills in Congress are: * HR-2042 and S-845, to strengthen protections for federal employees against retaliation for …More
After years of sometimes sharp declines in the Combined Federal Campaign, contributions rates leveled off in 2020, OPM has reported. …More
The IRS has issued a reminder of changes to law enacted in late 2019 and early 2020 affecting required minimum …More
Only a week after a new federal employee leave fund was enacted into law, misunderstanding about the fund is circulating …More
Federal employee unions have said that agencies are not being fully responsive to the Biden administration’s directives to roll back …More
The inspector general’s office at the VA has issued a “management alert” about potential problems with the department’s accelerated hiring …More
The representation of persons self-identifying as Hispanic—the term OPM uses in federal workforce demographics reports—continues to increase, passing 9.1 percent …More
OPM has proposed rules to carry out changes enacted into law regarding “representative payees,” who receive payments such as federal …More
The count toward the January 2022 federal retirement COLA stands at 1.4 percent, following an increase in February of 0.6 …More
OPM has opened a month-long special donation period in the Combined Federal Campaign and has authorized a leave-sharing program for …More
President Biden has signed into law a bill creating a special – albeit short term – fund to provide additional …More
In response to President Biden’s cancellation of several Trump administration executive orders on the federal workforce, OPM has told agencies …More
OPM has said it is preparing to issue new regulations to override rules set by one of the Trump administration …More
The Biden administration has told federal agencies to restart diversity and inclusiveness type training programs that had been effectively suspended …More
Among recently introduced bills in Congress is S-561, to set a 3.2 percent federal employee pay raise for January 2022, …More
The Postal Service has announced a limited early retirement opportunity effective April 30 for certain non-bargaining unit employees at headquarters, …More
OPM has revived the annual Presidential Rank Awards for career employees in the SES and equivalent levels, asking agencies to …More
OPM has encouraged FEHB carriers to enhance their benefit offerings in several areas for the 2022 plan year and to …More
OPM has said that as medical issues related to the pandemic evolve, the FEHB program will change with it and …More