Unions
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's smoking ban at medical facilities now extends to its employees, something their union is not happy about.
August 22, 2019 -
AFGE officials representing the affected employees have concerns about their lack of access to air quality records at their new workplace: the EPA’s vehicle emission testing facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
August 21, 2019 -
Eligible employees at the Agriculture Department who plan to leave the agency rather than relocate to Kansas City by the end of the fiscal year will receive buyouts worth $10,000, rather than the maximum incentive payment of $25,000.
August 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will host free online training on the agency's new online filing system for federal sector complaints and appeals.
August 20, 2019 -
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the Federal Service Impasses Panel over its decision to rewrite major portions of the unions' contract with the Social Security Administration. If AFGE is successful, the case could have significant implications for other federal employee unions engaged in agency negotiations.
August 19, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, for the first time in 12 years, federal civilian agencies suffered no major cyber incidents in fiscal 2018.
August 19, 2019 -
OSC guidance seems to leave plenty of room to talk impeachment at work.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to streamline the department's 13 ethics programs into one.
August 15, 2019 -
The American Federation of Government Employees said the Office of Special Counsel's November 2018 guidance on advocating or opposing "impeachment" or "resistance" violates federal employees' First Amendment rights.
August 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has launched the Contractor Assistance Portal.
August 14, 2019 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's motion to immediately lift the injunction on the president's workforce executive orders.
August 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management asked the Federal Labor Relations Authority how agencies can deduct union dues in light of the 2018 decision, which found local and state government workers can't be forced to pay union dues.
August 13, 2019 -
Would you move your family from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., to those of Kansas City to take a lower-wage job — as in $5,000 to $15,000 per annum lower?
August 13, 2019 -
Though the agreement doesn't make any guarantees, the deal the Agriculture Department and the American Federation of Government Employees reached late last week gives employees impacted by the Kansas City relocation a path to request more time to make the move and other flexibilities.
August 12, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA employees relocating to Kansas City will now get incentive payments to make up for their now lower salaries.
August 12, 2019