National Treasury Employees Union

• Five federal workforce items on Congress’ to-do list

  Congress has a lot on its plate to try to avoid a continuing resolution, including a host of appropriations bills.

  Congress

  August 18, 2022
• Task force eases COVID-19 screening guidance at federal facilities

  New screening testing guidance, updates on policies for unvaccinated individuals and more from the Safer Federal Workforce task force.

  Workforce

  August 16, 2022
• Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

  New council recommendations would adjust several pay locality areas, but must get approval from the president's pay agent before implementation.

  Pay

  August 05, 2022
• Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

  The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.

  Congress

  August 02, 2022
• IRS gets $80B to ‘rebuild’ its capacity under Senate reconciliation deal

  The budget reconciliation package announced Wednesday night by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) would give the IRS $80 billion over the next 10 years, with a focus on tax enforcement.

  Hiring/Retention

  July 28, 2022
• OPM, NTEU offer recommendations to improve relationships between agencies, unions

  A White House task force has recommendations to improve federal unions, but NTEU's national president tells Federal News Network it's time to start implementing them.

  Unions

  July 19, 2022
• House committee pushes forward on encouraging federal telework expansion

  The House Oversight and Reform Committee passes federal telework legislation that would call on OPM to offer more guidance and require agencies to report telework goals.

  Congress

  June 16, 2022
• IRS makes rare call to set higher gas reimbursement rate for rest of 2022

  The IRS outlined “pass-through” provisions of its 2022 National Agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which apply to agency managers and non-bargaining unit employees.

  Benefits

  June 08, 2022
• Employees at two headquarters offices vote to unionize

  Federal unions AFGE and NTEU hope to resolve some ongoing workforce challenges after two offices vote to organize.

  Unions

  June 03, 2022
• BLM workers elect to join federal employee union

  In today's Federal Newscast, employees at the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters vote to receive union coverage.

  Federal Newscast

  May 27, 2022
• NTEU calls for clearer FLRA guidelines to increase federal-labor efficiency

  The National Treasury Employees Union petitions to optimize case selection for federal-labor relations program amid 314-case backlog.

  Unions

  May 24, 2022
• Federal employees can now take paid leave to vote and work at the polls

  In today's Federal Newscast: Federal agency CIOs are finalizing plans to create and fund a zero-trust architecture. A former head of the TSA has died. And you can now sport ombre nails while in a Marine Corps uniform.

  Federal Newscast

  March 25, 2022
• IRS brings teleworking staff back to office in phased reentry starting in May

  The National Treasury Employees Union confirmed Thursday that the IRS plans to bring bargaining unit employees back to the office in two phases, one on May 8, the other on June 25.

  Workforce

  March 25, 2022
• SSA hires retired staff to manage crowds at field offices as in-person service ramps up

  SSA leadership anticipates higher than normal wait times for customers seeking assistance for at least the first month of the agency opening its doors to walk-in traffic.

  Workforce

  March 16, 2022