National Treasury Employees Union
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After determining the Department of Health and Human Services bargained in "bad faith" with the National Treasury Employees Union, an independent arbitrator has directed both parties to return to the collective bargaining table. HHS, however, can appeal the arbitrator's decision.
October 07, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday instructed agencies to begin implementing the president's workforce executive orders on official time, collective bargaining and employee removals.
October 04, 2019 -
The injunction on the president's workforce executive orders has expired, clearing the way for agencies to officially begin implementing them again.
October 02, 2019 -
After last year's record low premium rate increases, participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will pay, on average, more than 5% more for their premiums in 2020.
October 02, 2019 -
Executive orders on federal employment, and vigorous union opposition to them, appear to have poisoned relations between federal unions and the Trump administration beyond antidote.
October 02, 2019 -
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
September 27, 2019 -
The Senate on Thursday cleared a seven-week continuing resolution through Nov. 21. The CR includes nearly $50 million more for the Office of Personnel Management, which faces a funding gap with the transfer.
September 26, 2019 -
As House lawmakers search for ways to help the federal government strengthen its talent pipeline, they find consensus on at least two ideas.
September 26, 2019 -
Trump administration declares victory in international compromise that will allow the U.S. Postal Service to collect higher fees for delivery of small packages entering the country.
September 26, 2019 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied unions a chance to rehear their case against the president's workforce executive orders before a full panel of judges.
September 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union wants the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision on age discrimination in the federal workforce.
September 25, 2019 -
The seven-week continuing resolution gives lawmakers through Nov. 21 to complete spending bills for the rest of 2020. Notably, the CR includes additional funding for the Office of Personnel Management, which faces a budget shortfall at the start of the new fiscal year.
September 19, 2019 -
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management implement portions of the president's May 2018 executive order on firings and disciplinary actions for federal employees.
September 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.
September 04, 2019 -
In a surprising reversal, President Donald Trump has chosen to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year.
August 30, 2019