The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment's report builds on goals from the President's Management Agenda to reinforce unions as a way to strengthen the federal workforce, marking a polar opposite approach from the previous administration.
For what nominee will face should they be confirmed, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the last MSPB member, attorney Mark Robins.
The Biden administration has a lot of labor itches to scratch, but they're not totally in control.
Appeals to MSPB have fallen to the wayside as the board has operated without the appointees needed to run its quorum.
The Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Debra Roth, a partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth.
For five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board has lacked a quorum, or even any of its three members at all.
A few of the nagging challenges agencies really need to get squared away in 2022.
The 174-page bill, which the House passed earlier this week along party lines, expands federal employee whistleblower protections and updates the 80-year-old Hatch Act. It will likely face a tough path forward in an equally divided Senate.
For more, Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority faces a backlog of unfair labor practice complaints, which have built over the last four years without a Senate-confirmed general counsel to enforce them. The Biden administration's nominees for the FLRA say resolving the backlog will be their top priority.
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.
A recent executive order forces all of government to consider how the federal work environment — from the digital tools agencies use to the physical workspace — can best meet everyone's needs, including employees with disabilities.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department is bringing the power of the False Claims Act to the growing challenge of cybersecurity.
Under a new agreement between the agencies, screening officers at the Transportation Security Administration can now appeal certain firings, demotions and suspensions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, a right they didn't have previously.
The long-running vacancies at the Merit Systems Protection Board qualifies as a scandal.