Workforce Rights/Governance
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After several years of vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board has its full complement of three members,
October 04, 2022 -
Union arbitrators routinely reinstate fired federal employees who grieve their dismissals according to an analysis of cases conducted by a think tank.
September 27, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a working group in the inspector general community is looking for ways to better integrate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the IG workforce.
September 26, 2022 -
The case of a dismissed VA chaplain shows how long it can take to resolve an appealed firing.
September 22, 2022 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has to hear an unprecedented case, in for review. Normally, once a federal union is certified, no decertification vote can occur for at least a year. The question is: can a decertification vote take place within a year, if the original certification occurred without a vote in the first place?
September 21, 2022 -
The question of whether the Biden administration can require federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been argued in an appeals court in New Orleans for a second time
September 13, 2022 -
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the acquisition workforce, transactional data reporting, and sustainability in procurement.
September 05, 2022 -
A detailed academic study shows that the video meeting format limits creativity, relative to how many ideas people come up with when they meet in person.
August 30, 2022 -
SSA will restore previous levels of official time for union activities, but AFGE said more must be done to address staffing issues.
August 26, 2022 -
AFGE invoked arbitration against HUD, saying the agency preemptively excluded employees from remote work opportunities.
August 24, 2022 -
Congress is considering bills that would preserve the merit-based civil service as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. There are at least two approaches being considered — one that originated in the House, and another that originated in the Senate.
August 23, 2022 -
On Friday, as part of a broader effort to encourage union membership in the federal workforce, the Biden Administration pointed federal unions toward data showing precisely how many employees are eligible to join unions in…
August 19, 2022 -
A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives, titled the Public Service Reform Act, is not about public service and is certainly not reform. Rather than addressing accountability or hiring and pay challenges, the bill would make all federal workers at-will employees. The result would be a civil service that is little more than two million political appointees.
August 09, 2022 -
EEOC has until Aug. 22 to respond to a labor-management complaint after not completing union negotiations for the agency’s return-to-office policies.
August 04, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Biden Administration Office of Personnel Management gets its first second-in-command. And the Navy has a new top intelligence officer.
August 04, 2022