Federal Service Impasses Panel

Federal telework, work-life balance often top issues in collective bargaining

Within federal telework concerns, days spent in the office and hoteling are two issues that have come forward in cases with the Federal Service Impasses Panel.

Unions

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EPA, AFGE hit stalemate over DEIA provisions in union contract

Workforce

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Federal appeals court overturns FLRA decision that limited mid-term bargaining for unions

Unions

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

Federal Newscast

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Biden announces new slate of impasse panel members

Unions

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

Climate change executive order could impact federal employees’ TSP accounts

Federal Newscast

Labor relations at the Social Security Administration are going from bad to worse

Unions

Agencies should re-engage now with unions over repealed Trump workforce orders, OPM says

Unions

Biden addresses another union priority: Cleaning house at federal impasse panel

Unions

President of the Association of Administrative Law Judges

AALJ not confident in SSA leadership

Unions

Federal unions look to turn the page on Trump’s executive orders: ‘The damage is not permanent’

President-elect Biden has promised unions he’ll repeal the 2018 executive orders designed to limit collective bargaining and official time. But simply…

Unions

VA declares victory, but AFGE isn’t accepting latest impasse panel decision

The decision from the impasses panel, once implemented, would dramatically cut official time and abolish labor-management training, safety committees and…

Veterans Affairs

Clarence Shields, an Army veteran, pickets with a small group of activists from the American Federation of Government Employees local 424 and the National Association of Government Employees local R3-19 during the coronavirus pandemic, outside the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Baltimore. The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Thousands impacted as coronavirus takes toll on veterans, VA staff

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs is dealing with the pandemic crisis among veterans and the workers treating them.