Attention but No Action on Paid Parental Leave Fix
Efforts to plug the gaps in the paid parental leave authority for federal employees are continuing, although none of the …More
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Employment Levels, Pay, Benefits, Other Issues on the Table
With President Trump having made his recommendations, Capitol Hill this week is starting a budget process that will determine agency …More
TSP Annuity Change Doesn’t Impact Retirement Annuities
Recent separate developments regarding cost-of-living adjustments apparently have led to some confusion about COLA policies. One development was the TSP’s …More
USPS Non-Career Turnover High, Dissatisfaction With Supervisors Cited
Turnover among non-career employees at USPS fell slightly over 2018-2019 from 42.8 to 38.5 percent but that is still above …More
Budget Underscores Lack of Younger Federal Employees
Trump administration budget documents underscore a frequently raised concern about the relatively low numbers of federal employees compared with retirement-eligible …More
Excused Absence for Voting Reminder
With the primary season heating up, including Super Tuesday on March 3, federal employees and managers need to be aware …More
IRS to Send More Agents to Delinquent, High Income Households
The IRS has said it will increase personal visits by its enforcement personnel to the homes of people delinquent on …More
Cancelling a Job Opening Could Be Reprisal, Court Says
Management’s decision not to fill a vacancy it had posted and for which a whistleblowing employee had applied could be …More
Administration Seeks New Performance Carrots and Sticks
The Trump administration has said wants a mix of new incentives and disincentives regarding job performance for federal employees, all …More
Two Approaches Offered for Plugging Paid Parental Leave Gap, Including Bipartisan Bill
Civil service leaders in the House and the Trump administration are both moving to plug the gaps in the upcoming …More
OPM Wants to Offer New Benefits: Disability Insurance, Legal Plans, Childcare, Accident Insurance
OPM is seeking authority from Congress to offer federal employees what it calls “voluntary benefits” such as short-term disability insurance, …More
MSPB Pleads for Funding Ahead of Expected Workload Surge
The MSPB has sent to Congress an unusual “bypass request,” seeking more money for fiscal 2021 than the White House’s …More
TSP Proposes 5 Percent Default Enrollment, Changes in Hardship Withdrawals
The TSP has proposed to make certain expenses related to a natural disaster automatically eligible for in-service “financial hardship” withdrawals, …More
Irregular Work Schedules Wearing Down Air Marshals
Federal air marshals are experiencing health and personal problems related to their irregular work schedules, a long-running concern aggravated by …More
Trump Offers 1 Percent Raise, Seeks Benefit Cuts
Under the Trump administration’s new budget proposal, federal employees would receive a 1 percent pay raise in January and agencies …More
Budget Again Proposes to Hike FERS Contributions, Axe Supplement
The administration’s fiscal 2021 budget proposal includes a set of oft-repeated proposals regarding employee contributions toward retirement, retirement benefits, premium …More
Paid Time Off Instead of Sick, Annual Leave Again Proposed
The administration’s budget repeats prior proposals to combine annual leave and sick leave into “paid time off” while not going …More
Budget Keeps OPM Breakup Idea on the Table
The administration’s budget plan assumes that the proposal to break up OPM will become reality in the budget year that …More
Job Gains and Losses Under Proposed 2021 Budget
Job levels at federal agencies would remain about flat overall under the Trump administration budget, although the figures are complicated …More
OPM Tells FEHB Carries to Focus on Controlling Costs
OPM has issued its annual “call letter” to FEHB carriers, urging them to continue cost-sharing initiatives involving prescription drugs, wellness …More
OPM Sets Leave, Telework, Other Policies on Coronavirus
OPM has issued additional guidance on federal workplace policies in response to the Coronavirus, including for the first time authorizing …More
IG: Significant Vulnerabilities in Agency Child Care Centers
The GSA inspector general has raised concerns about the security of child care facilities in GSA-controlled space, saying that some …More
MSPB Questions Value of Performance Evaluations
Federal agencies “may need to reconsider both the purpose(s) of performance evaluation, and how they are conducting performance evaluation,” the …More
Bills on Representative Payee Fraud, TSA Employee Pay and Rights Advancing
Bills are advancing in the House to protect retiree benefits from fraud, and another to move TSA screeners into the …More
OSC Warns Against Narrow Reading of Whistleblower Protections
The Office of Special Counsel says that a recent decision by an MSPB hearing officer should be overturned on grounds …More
TSP Revising Inflation Protection Feature in New Annuities
Effective beginning in March, newly purchased TSP annuities with the inflation protection option will automatically increase in value by 2 …More
Mixed Start to the Year for the TSP
The TSP started 2020 with a mix of gains and losses in January, with more of the latter than the …More
3.5 Percent Raise for 2021 Backed by Unions, Hill Dems
Federal employee unions and some leading Capitol Hill Democrats on federal employee issues are backing a 3.5 percent raise for …More
Safe to Discuss Impeachment at Work? Court Asked to Speed Hatch Act Decision
The AFGE union has asked a federal judge to speed up a decision in a suit against guidance on what …More
TSP Catch-Up Change in Process, Other Updates Pending
The TSP has issued proposed rules on its catch-up contributions feature, the first in an expected series of changes in …More
