Unions
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Agencies reported a 28% drop in official time usage across government in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management.
November 17, 2020 -
After a long standoff with Veterans Affairs, the American Federation of Government Employees finally has a contract. But the deal was imposed by the Federal Service Impasses Panel, who mostly sided with VA management.
November 17, 2020 -
The decision from the impasses panel, once implemented, would dramatically cut official time and abolish labor-management training, safety committees and the ability to pursue certain grievances for employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 12, 2020 -
The incoming Biden administration has plenty to learn from its predecessors about setting the tone, supporting productive labor-management relationships and using existing data to effectively manage the federal workforce.
November 11, 2020 -
Commentator Jeff Neal lays out 5 Trump administration executive orders for the civil service that he thinks should be high on the list to be canceled immediately by the Biden administration.
November 09, 2020 -
In another decision along party lines, the Federal Labor Relations Authority overruled one of its regional directors and decertified the union representing immigration judges at the Justice Department.
November 06, 2020 -
Don Kettl, a professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, offered his take on the most important administrative and governance topics ahead.
November 05, 2020 -
Federal unions, many good government groups and much of the media have attacked President Trump's proposal to make it easy to fire hundreds --if not thousands--of career feds now protected by civil service rules.
November 05, 2020 -
The National Treasury Employees Union is suing the Trump administration over the president's recent Schedule F executive order. Three House Democrats introduced new legislation intended to nullify the EO and protect career federal employees impacted by it.
October 27, 2020 -
The American Federation of Government Employees has no end of complaints about Veterans Affairs. Now the union has obtained documents it says proves systemic racism issues.
October 26, 2020 -
A new executive order from President Donald Trump will reclassify certain current and future positions in the career civil service as a new political class known as "Schedule F."
October 22, 2020 -
The Federal Salary Council is not recommending any new areas for 2022. But the council did engage in debate over the future of the federal locality program.
October 21, 2020 -
Federal News Network reviewed the track records and campaign policies for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Here's where they stand on the issues important to federal employees, including pay, benefits and government oversight.
October 19, 2020 -
Nearly 700 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency said they have no confidence in leadership's ability to keep them safe during the pandemic. They're asking to continue telework until an effective vaccine is available.
October 07, 2020 -
New proposed regulations from OPM reinterpret the agency's own 40-year-old reading of the Back Pay Act, and would limit the kinds of cases where federal employees could receive back pay, as well as exclude unions from receiving attorney fees.
October 07, 2020