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Twenty-one House Republicans said they're concerned the president's recent federal workforce executive orders undermine existing labor law and may jeopardize longstanding and productive relationships with agency management.
Do those Trump administration executive orders on federal employment and labor relations have you upset, worried or fearful? Well maybe you need to take a deep breath.
The Interior Department's IG reported two of the nation's largest hydropower dams are at risk from insider threats.
Although feds are supposed to avoid partisan politics at work, chances are you have a pretty good idea how most of your colleagues voted in the last election.
My concern with respect to these executive orders is that they make civil service reform less likely. There are many areas where agreement between the right and left is a possibility. The issue of labor relations is not high on that list.
Republican politicians might be making a big mistake in writing off federal workers and retirees, and Democrats might make an equally big mistake by taking them for granted.
The executive order directs agencies to renegotiate union contracts and suggests that agencies set more concrete time limits for these discussions.
The National Treasury Employees Union is also suing the president and Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon over recent executive orders.
Politicians who want to reduce the cost of the federal retirement and labor-management programs say they are doing it for the most noble reasons.
President Donald Trump's second executive order offers new limitations on official time, as well as restrictions to federal union use of agency office space and property.
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the president, the Office of Personnel Management and OPM Director Jeff Pon over the administration's executive order on official time.
Are you worried about the pay-more-get-less design changes Congress and the White House are considering for your Federal Employees Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System plans?
The Trump administration's three new executive orders on employee relations aim to speed things up.
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at DHS, takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's recent executive orders affecting federal employee hiring and retention.