Merit Systems Protection Board

• An impending long recess will force a lot of action in Congress this week

  From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there's considerable time pressure to get it done.

  Congress

  April 04, 2022
• SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

  The Small Business Administration is planning to shed the equivalent of more than 3,400 full-time employees as part of its budget request for fiscal 2023.

  Federal Newscast

  March 30, 2022
• A federal employment attorney assesses the impact of having a Merit Systems Protection Board

  After two years of total vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board now has two of its three members, enough to make decisions that stick.

  Workforce Rights/Governance

  March 17, 2022
• Senior federal employees also have reason to be glad the Merit Systems Protection Board is back in business

  The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government's highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection Board has a quorum of two members. The Senate confirmed them a couple of weeks ago, ending five years without a quorum.

  Agency Oversight

  March 17, 2022
• The federal workforce skews older than average. Is that bad?

  Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector.

  Workforce Rights/Governance

  March 04, 2022
• There’s an MSPB. Now what?

  The newly seated board has a backlog of cases, but also some aids to help them get through it.

  Federal Report

  March 04, 2022
• MSPB can chip away case backlog ‘almost immediately,’ having regained first quorum in 5 years

  Federal employees looking to appeal an adverse personnel action might not have to wait on the Merit Systems Protection Board much longer. The Senate ends a five-year streak in which the board lacked a quorum.

  Workforce Rights/Governance

  March 03, 2022
• Federal employee union presses DHS to follow through on expanding collective bargaining for TSOs

  The American Federation of Government Employees is at odds with TSA Administrator David Pekoske over what the union says is an unnecessary delay in expanding collective bargaining for the approximately 50,000 airport screeners who work for TSA.

  Unions

  February 24, 2022
• White House task force recommends agencies get better at informing employees about union rights

  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.

  Unions

  February 07, 2022
• If they’re ever confirmed, here’s what MSPB members will face

  For what nominee will face should they be confirmed, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the last MSPB member, attorney Mark Robins.

  Workforce

  January 28, 2022
• Sour labor relations continue to dot the government

  The Biden administration has a lot of labor itches to scratch, but they're not totally in control.

  Federal Report

  January 28, 2022
• Federal employee disputes sit in limbo as MSPB nominees await confirmation

  Appeals to MSPB have fallen to the wayside as the board has operated without the appointees needed to run its quorum.

  Workforce Rights/Governance

  January 12, 2022
• A history of the Merit Systems Protection Board and its relevance today

  The Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Debra Roth, a partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth.

  Workforce

  January 12, 2022
• After five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board looks to finally add three members

  For five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board has lacked a quorum, or even any of its three members at all.

  Workforce

  January 12, 2022