Unions
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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced steps it would take to comply with a January executive order from President Joe Biden. The agency's largest federal employee union called it a "step in the right direction."
March 29, 2021 -
Despite several delays, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he still believed the department could meet its $16 billion, 10-year plan to deploy a new electronic health record.
March 25, 2021 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said agencies are responding to the Biden's administration's call to restore labor relations in a variety of ways. Some agencies are making plans to return to the bargaining table, while others haven't responded to requests to revisit previous contracts.
March 16, 2021 -
Agencies that implemented policies from President Trump's 2018 workforce orders should work with federal unions to write new bargaining provisions, the Office of Personnel Management said Friday. OPM offered up more directions on how agencies should respond to a January executive order from the Biden administration that rescinded Trump's policies.
March 05, 2021 -
One thing you can say about working for the IRS, it's been exciting. Now the agency's Professional Managers Association has a new roster of leadership to take on a second filing season weirded out by the pandemic.
March 05, 2021 -
Biden administration officials say they're striking a new tone with federal employees, and the Office of Personnel Management is ready to reemerge as a luminary in workforce policy, a top leader at the agency said Monday.
March 01, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Joe Biden rescinded a 2020 memo that gave the Defense secretary the authority to exclude certain employees from collective bargaining.
February 26, 2021 -
Were federal employees happier than ever or left vulnerable after four years of President Donald Trump? Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee are decidedly split.
February 24, 2021 -
New Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he hasn't made any decisions yet on how he'll approach collective bargaining, but he's meeting with labor leaders and getting to know employees at the department.
February 24, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has named Kiran Ahuja to be his new director of the Office of Personnel Management. Ahuja previously served as OPM's chief of staff during the Obama administration, and she lead the president's Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
February 23, 2021 -
Agencies should offer administrative leave to federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force says. The task force also suggested employees who ignore the mask mandate could face disciplinary action.
February 16, 2021 -
All 10 members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel either resigned or were removed this week. Clearing house at the panel was a major priority for federal employee unions, but reversing course from the 2018 executive orders is a more time-consuming and complex process.
February 04, 2021 -
Entering a federal agency for the first time as an appointed manager can be daunting. Tom Temin got a breakdown from Boston Consulting Group's Daniel Werfel.
February 04, 2021 -
Three House committee chairmen have introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, which would allow government workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a sick family member or themselves.
January 28, 2021 -
The American Federation of Government Employees is pleased the Trump-era executive orders that limited collective bargaining and cut official time are gone. But the union is waiting on agencies to determine how exactly they'll revisit old contracts and repair working relationships.
January 26, 2021