Workforce Rights/Governance
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In today's Federal Newscast, an arbitrator finds the Veterans Affairs Department should take down a public record of employee firings and other punishments from its website.
June 07, 2019 -
The Federal Service Impasses Panel has weighed in another labor-management dispute, rewriting portions of a collective bargaining agreement between the Social Security Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees.
June 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House and Senate lawmakers have taken steps to prevent a White House proposal which would result in about 1,000 layoffs at the U.S. Forest Service.
June 05, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. When the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general released a report detailing bad conditions at the Washington,…
June 05, 2019 -
An arbitration panel decided mostly against the American Federation of Government Employees in an impasse with Social Security.
June 05, 2019 -
Acknowledging recent decisions may suggest otherwise, the chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority said the agency has no "anti-union bias."
June 05, 2019 -
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee included a pay raise for civilian employees in its 2020 spending bill.
June 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a White House plan to take away some workers rights from civilian Defense employees was denied support from the Senate.
May 30, 2019 -
At least one department is implementing a new limit on telework for some employees during the summer Metro closures. The Agriculture Department isn't lifting its limit on telework during the Metro construction but has encouraged employees to consider flexible and alternative work schedules.
May 29, 2019 -
To help ease the administrative burden on Border Patrol agents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is creating a new position for handling the processing of border apprehensions.
May 29, 2019 -
In a complaint to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the union says DoD is violating the law by reassigning more than 1,000 employees without consulting collective bargaining representatives.
May 29, 2019 -
Whether they get to work via chauffeur-driven limo, private car, bus, subway or horse — think former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — your Washington-based boss is going to be mingling more with the masses this…
May 29, 2019 -
With looming Metro station closures this summer, OPM is recommending federal agencies adjust their teleworking policies to accommodate disruptions to employees commutes.
May 22, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office has issued guidelines to help Hill staffers that have to deal with whistleblowers.
May 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Merit Systems Protection Board finds between 1999 and 2016, only about 7 for ever 1000 new supervisors faced consequences for failing their probationary period.
May 20, 2019