Senators Ask for IG Reviews of Probationary Employee Firings
A group of 16 Democratic senators has asked the inspectors general of two dozen departments and agencies to investigate whether …More
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Trump Tells OPM to Take Direct Role in Disciplining Employees of Other Agencies; Focus on Suitability
President Trump has ordered OPM to take a direct role in disciplining employees of other agencies by invoking “suitability” considerations …More
Injunction Issued against DOGE Access to Federal Personnel Files
A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against DOGE project employees having access to personal information on federal employees …More
Auditors Raise Warning about Staff Cuts at FDIC
In what is one of the first, if not the first, auditors’ report on the impact of staffing cuts at …More
MSPB Overrules OPM Policy on Retirement Benefits; Cites Lowered Standard of Deference
In one of the early rulings showing the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year lowering the deference …More
Agency Workforces Churn under Impact of Trump Orders, Legal Rulings
UPDATED: The federal workplace has entered an even higher level of disruption as agency workforces churn under the impact of …More
Report Questions Using Shutdown Contingency Plan as Guide to RIFs
A report for Congress has raised issues regarding the Trump administration’s use of shutdown contingency plans as a guide to …More
EEOC: Policies under Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act to Continue—for Now
The EEOC has said it will continue to apply its interpretation of protections under the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act for …More
Judge Orders FLRA Member Reinstated; Returns Board to Democratic Majority
In the latest of rulings overturning firings of the heads of independent federal agencies, a federal judge has ordered Susan Tsui Grundmann …More
Funding Bill Passes, With Dem Lawmakers Splintered
Updated: The Senate advanced a cloture vote on Friday to end debate on a continuing resolution to fund the government …More
Many Thousands More Fired Probationary Employees Ordered Reinstated
Updated: Two federal judges have ordered the reinstatement of many thousands of probationary employees fired by the Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, …More
Review Union Contracts for ‘Unenforceable’ Limits on RIFs, Agencies Told
In a memo that lays the groundwork for wide-scale reductions-in-force projected to come across the government, agencies have been told …More
Ethics Restrictions Still Apply During ‘Deferred Resignation’ Status, DoD Cautions
Those on paid administrative leave after having accepted the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” offer remain subject to federal employment ethics …More
Bills on Retirement Benefits, Other Issues Reintroduced
Among bills recently reintroduced in Congress is HR-1522, affecting federal employees who began their careers after 1988 as temporary workers …More
DHS Withdraws Bargaining Rights from TSA Screeners
DHS has withdrawn collective bargaining rights from TSA’s 47,000 transportation security officers—screeners—reversing more than a decade of allowing them and likely setting …More
Special Counsel Out, Drops Appeal of His Firing; Challenges to Probationers’ Firings at Stake
UPDATED: Hampton Dellinger has dropped his challenge to his firing as head of the Office of Special Counsel in the …More
MSPB Blocks Firings of Probationary Agriculture Department Employees as Legal Disputes Escalate
The MSPB has blocked the firings of some 5,900 Agriculture Department probationary employees and ordered them reinstated, in an order that represents …More
Judge Overturns Firing of MSPB Member as Appeals Flood Agency
A federal judge has overturned the Trump administration’s firing of a member of the MSPB governing board in a ruling …More
More Than a Third of Those Eligible under GPO-WEP Repeal Getting Back Payments, Says SSA
The SSA has said it has sent payments to more than a third of those eligible for retroactive payments under …More
Memo Outlines Plan to Cut Around 80K VA Employees
A reduction in force memo from the VA has outlined plans to return that workforce to its 2019 force level …More
Parties Dig in Ahead of Deadline to Prevent Shutdown
Spending authority for federal agencies funded through appropriations expires next Friday (March 14), an often-repeated situation of recent years with …More
Court Order Enforces Pause on Probationary Employee Layoffs at Six Agencies; OPM Rewrites Memo That Started the Process
UPDATED: A federal judge in California has followed a bench ruling of last Friday (February 28) with a written order …More
Second ‘What Did You Do?’ Email Roils Federal Workplace Anew
The Trump administration has sent a second email calling on federal employees to describe their activities of the previous week, …More
Court Ruling Keeps Key Challenge to Probationary Employees’ Firings Alive
A federal district court has ordered that Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger remain in office, ruling that his …More
Prepare to Start RIFs in May-June Timeframe, Agencies Told
New instructions to agencies on carrying out President Trump’s executive order calling on them to prepare reorganization plans leading the …More
MSPB Temporarily Blocks Firings of 6 Probationary Employees; Outcome Could Have Wide Implications
The MSPB has granted the Office of Special Counsel’s request to temporarily block the firings of six probationary employees, ordering …More
MSPB Posts Fact Sheet on Probationary Employees’ Legal Rights
Following is a fact sheet posted by the MSPB regarding the legal rights of federal employees in their probationary periods, …More
Response Period to ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email Ends, but Not the Confusion
The period for federal employees to respond to an OPM email essentially telling them to justify their continued employment has …More
TSP Closes in on $1 Trillion in Total Account Value
The amount on investment in the TSP has neared $1 trillion, a figure that while in itself is important mainly …More
‘What Did You Do?’ Email Confuses, Angers, Frightens Employees
Updated: An email OPM sent to federal employees over the weekend essentially telling them to justify their employment has angered …More
