Unions

EEOC adds safety inspections, flexible work hours in FLRA complaint settlement

EEOC and AFGE reached a settlement agreement after the Federal Labor Relations Authority issued a complaint over the agency’s office reentry policy.

Unions

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telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

Expanded telework just one of many changes in NSF’s new union contract

Workforce

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AFGE, Education resolve years of negotiations in settlement of over 20 disputes

Unions

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AFGE files grievance over VA facilities limiting time off for employees to vote

Unions

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Federal appeals court latest stop for immigration judges union to get recertified

Unions

It’s not just low pay causing retention issues for federal firefighters

Hiring/Retention

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Nurses at one Veterans Affairs facility win a double-digit pay increase

Unions

Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

Pay

AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

Unions

SSA union seeks $16.5B in emergency funding to rebuild depleted workforce

Unions

Federal employees will pay 8.7% more, on average, toward 2023 health premiums

Open Season

Two agencies took initial steps to implement Schedule F, GAO finds

Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.

Workforce

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

Do arbitrators go easy on federal employees who challenge being fired?

Union arbitrators routinely reinstate fired federal employees who grieve their dismissals according to an analysis of cases conducted by a think tank.

Unions

An unprecedented case arises on the status of a union of Park Service employees

Unions

The Federal Labor Relations Authority has to hear an unprecedented case, in for review. Normally, once a federal union is certified, no decertification vote can occur for at least a year. The question is: can a decertification vote take place within a year, if the original certification occurred without a vote in the first place?