Workforce Rights/Governance
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The Office of Personnel Management on Friday offered up more on guidance on how agencies should discipline employees who fail to comply with the Biden administration's federal vaccine mandate.
October 01, 2021 -
Federal contractors are waiting for more clarity on how to implement vaccine mandates and the consequences of failing to do so.
October 01, 2021 -
Under a new agreement between the agencies, screening officers at the Transportation Security Administration can now appeal certain firings, demotions and suspensions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, a right they didn't have previously.
September 28, 2021 -
The entire workforce has never been subject to a federal vaccine mandate before, and the new policies are prompting questions about how agencies will enforce the policy and grant reasonable accommodations to those who have a religious or medical objection.
September 24, 2021 -
Senators on both sides of the aisle agreed the president's nominees for the Merit Systems Protection Board are experienced, and they expressed a desire to restore a long-awaited quorum to the board. But Republicans also zeroed in on past social media posts from one of the nominees.
September 22, 2021 -
Labor relations at the Department of Veterans Affairs soured a bit during the Trump administration. And they haven't gotten any better with Joe Biden in the White House.
September 22, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Service Impasses Panel is back to work with all new members.
September 17, 2021 -
The Biden administration's vaccine mandate for federal employees applies to those who are teleworking, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force said Thursday. The task force's latest guidance also appears to allow agencies to require vaccines for contractors earlier than a recent executive order described.
September 16, 2021 -
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines
September 16, 2021 -
Testing requirements will stay in place for most unvaccinated onsite contractors until agencies can sort through the contractual paperwork, the Biden administration said Monday.
September 13, 2021 -
The Senate returns to work today as questions hover over the $3.5 trillion spending bill sought by most Democrats.
September 13, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant
September 09, 2021 -
The order simply requires agencies to stand up a program requiring vaccinations for all executive branch employees. A second order requires agencies to embed new COVID-19 safety protocols as a requirement in federal contracts and solicitations.
September 09, 2021 -
DHS Secretary Mayorkas is reviewing proposals from the Transportation Security Administration, along with input from the American Federation of Government Employees, on plans to administratively expand collective bargaining and other workplace rights.
September 08, 2021 -
An aide for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said the panel is planning to hold a hearing on the Merit Systems Protection Board nominees in the coming weeks.
September 03, 2021