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New council recommendations would adjust several pay locality areas, but must get approval from the president's pay agent before implementation.
AFGE has begun the process to separate its union chapter for ICE officers, essentially dissolving the council's collective bargaining agreement.
Current policy lets feds use sick leave to travel for medical care, but some employer groups want the White House to go further.
OPM issued a second round of guidance to agencies, outlining several ways agencies should make federal employees more aware of their collective bargaining rights.
The American Federation of Government Employees says more than 600 members have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
President Joe Biden is calling for more federal employees to return to the office, saying “significant progress” made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has made it safer to do so.
The IRS, SSA, State Department and other agencies face backlogs around citizen services, but returning to the office is not the best solution as some lawmakers believe.
A federal appeals court, for the second time in two weeks, is striking down a Federal Labor Relations Authority decision that set a higher bar for when agencies needed to negotiate with their unions.
The Biden administration on Monday encouraged agencies to delay suspensions and firings for employees who fail to comply with the federal vaccine mandate through at least the holidays.
The largest federal employee union is urging the Biden administration to push back an upcoming deadline for executive branch workers to comply with the federal vaccine mandate to Jan. 4, the same date that contractors received last week.
The White House on Wednesday announced new steps agencies will take to better inform prospective federal employees, new hires and current workers about their collective bargaining rights — and provide more details on how they can become active dues-paying union members if they choose.
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.
President Biden has formally recommended a 2.7% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2022, which includes 0.5% locality pay adjustment.
The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest agency to announce a reset in labor relations with its union, following a Biden administration executive order that restored collective bargaining and official time.