hazard pay

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…

Workforce Rights/Governance

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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

Federal Newscast

Heidi Burakiewicz (Photo courtesy of Rob Cannon)

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

Workforce Rights/Governance

AFGE renews legal effort to secure hazard pay for frontline feds

Federal Newscast

IRS, seeing shortfall of volunteers, considers recalling more employees

Agency Oversight

Jennifer Wexton, Brenda Lawrence, Steny Hoyer

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

Workforce

FILE - In this Thursday, April 2, 2020, file photo, workers in hazardous material suits clean inside the Abigail Hotel in San Francisco. The hotel is one of several private hotels San Francisco has contracted with to take vulnerable people who show symptoms or are awaiting test results for the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made solving the state's homelessness crisis a priority even before the pandemic struck, announced in mid-March his administration was negotiating with 900 hotels to house the homeless. Two weeks ago he announced Project Roomkey, a program in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay 75% of costs associated with housing some homeless, including people who test positive or may have been exposed to the virus, and older homeless people and those with underlying health conditions. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Lawmaker looks to secure hazard pay, extra leave for feds

Federal Newscast

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

Congress

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)

Congressional Democrats trying to secure hazard pay for frontline federal workers

Federal Newscast

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)

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

Federal Newscast

Senate Democrats propose pandemic pay bumps for frontline feds

Pay

Virginia senator worries for federal employees and contractors

Congress, having gutted out the biggest stimulus bill ever, is busier than ever.

Congress

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)

Sometimes federal work is downright hazardous

Some exposed employees got the virus in the line of duty. Now they’re suing for extra pay.

Federal Report

Should federal employees get hazard pay during the pandemic?

For more on what hazardous pay is all about and a little history, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Federal Practice Group partner Ricardo J. A. Pitts-Wiley.