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Workforce Rights/Governance

Think you were exposed to COVID at work? There's a lawsuit for that

The largest federal union has filed a class action lawsuit for employees who think they were exposed to COVID-19 at work. There's even a web site where people can sign on.

Federal Newscast

Exposed to COVID-19 on the job? New website lets you join class-action lawsuit for hazard pay

Workforce Rights/Governance

Washington attorney files class action lawsuit on behalf of feds exposed to COVID-19

Federal Newscast

AFGE renews legal effort to secure hazard pay for frontline feds

Agency Oversight

IRS, seeing shortfall of volunteers, considers recalling more employees

Workforce

Vacation on hold? House bill would allow feds to carry over unused annual leave

Federal Newscast

Lawmaker looks to secure hazard pay, extra leave for feds

Nancy Pelosi
Congress

Congress eyes wide variety of federal workforce changes for future coronavirus relief bill

An airline passenger walks by the vacant TSA checkin at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Romulus, Mich. The COVID-19 coronavirus has considerably slowed air travel. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Federal Newscast

Congressional Democrats trying to secure hazard pay for frontline federal workers

A medical worker wearing a single protective glove and a face mask walks past a line of workers and visitors waiting to be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the main entrance to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Federal Newscast

Federal employees on frontlines of coronavirus response could get premium pay bumps

NAT Trump
Pay

Senate Democrats propose pandemic pay bumps for frontline feds

Mark Warner
Congress

Virginia senator worries for federal employees and contractors

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Federal Report

Sometimes federal work is downright hazardous

Ricardo J.A. Pitts-Wiley
All News

Should federal employees get hazard pay during the pandemic?

With the U.S. Capitol building in the background, motorists drive on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Washington. Officials have urged Washington residents to stay home to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Unions

AFGE sues for hazard pay for federal employees working through coronavirus pandemic