National Treasury Employees Union
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A host of bills lawmakers reintroduced this week would impact retirement savings for federal fighters and federal law enforcement officers, as well as offer feds a grace period for payment obligations during a government shutdown or debt default.
March 03, 2023 -
NTEU prioritizes bills to expand federal pay, benefits, but anticipates challenges ahead in CongressAn 8.7% federal pay raise, telework expansion and paid family and medical leave are among the top legislative priorities for the National Treasury Employees Union. But union leaders said the path forward in Congress may prove challenging.
February 28, 2023 -
The IRS is putting some of a recent $80 billion investment from Congress into improved customer experience during this year's filing season, but the agency faces a long road to dig out from more than a decade of underfunding.
February 27, 2023 -
As part of the Federal Drive's continuing expansion of coverage of pay, benefits and working conditions for federal employees. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin introduces a new voice, who listeners will hear from in monthly interviews.
February 15, 2023 -
House lawmakers have reintroduced the Equal COLA Act, to equalize cost-of-living adjustments for federal retirees, and the Fair COLA for Seniors Act, to change how the annual adjustments are calculated.
February 09, 2023 -
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act would give feds 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, essentially replacing the 12 weeks of unpaid leave offered through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
February 08, 2023 -
Agencies and unions should work together to determine if any federal positions are erroneously excluded from bargaining unit eligibility, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management.
January 27, 2023 -
In what has become tradition in recent years, a bicameral pair of Democrats proposed a bill to give most civilian federal employees an 8.7% pay raise in 2024.
January 26, 2023 -
The Republican-led House is looking at opportunities to eliminate duplicative federal agencies and programs, as well as defund the IRS.
January 03, 2023 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority looks to revise or remove a 2020 policy that made it easier for federal employees to cancel union dues payments.
December 30, 2022 -
The Social Security Administration wants to hire 4,000 new employees and drastically reduce processing times during 2023, but agency officials say they can't get there without full-year funding from Congress.
December 09, 2022 -
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November 28, 2022 -
The largest federal employee union is claiming several Veterans Affairs Department facilities unfairly limited or denied administrative leave to employees looking to vote, as mandated by the Biden administration.
November 22, 2022 -
The Federal Salary Council reported that federal pay fell further behind private sector pay, from a pay gap of 22.47% in 2021 to 24.09% in 2022.
November 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees are seeing a growing gap in salary compared with the private sector.
October 31, 2022