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Workforce

Federal groups, unions brace for what a second Trump term may bring

Some groups congratulated President-elect Trump on his win. Many expressed concerns for the possible return of former Trump policies that would “harm” feds.

Hiring/Retention

Forest Service lifts hiring pause, but plans to only fill ‘highest priority’ vacancies

Budget

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Pay

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

Despite massive bipartisanship, a pay raise for federal wildland firefighters is still at risk

Pay

Bill roundup: Committee OKs Border Patrol pay raise, CBP hiring, permanent federal firefighter raise

Pay

There will be ‘mass exodus’ of federal firefighters without a permanent pay solution

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), accompanied by federal wildland firefighters and union leaders, speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building.

Pay

With time running out on a temporary pay raise, federal firefighters press Congress for a permanent one

AFGE FAIR Act union rally

Unions

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

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Workforce

Federal employees would get paid family and medical leave under reintroduced legislation

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Pay

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Unions

Federal unions have a way to locate unrepresented employees, OPM says

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2020 file photo Firefighters battling the Bond Fire haul a hose while working to save a home in the Silverado community in Orange County, Calif. California's U.S. senators and several representatives asked the heads of the departments of Agriculture and Interior to transition their agencies to a year-round wildland workforce because conflagrations are no longer limited to traditional fire seasons. The move would require reclassifying more seasonal federal firefighter positions as permanent. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Pay

Under infrastructure law, federal firefighters to see increase in pay

Federal Report

Returning to the office will not solve the backlogs lawmakers are worried about

federal telework

Workforce

USDA joins SSA in telling employees about reentry plans

Practice makes perfect: firefighter Nick Vallardo trains with an engine crew as they prepare for the coming wildfire season. (Lisa Cox, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Pay

Interior, USDA to implement pay raises for federal firefighters later this month

In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U.S. Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. The prescribed burn is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. (Kyle Kosma/High Desert Museum via AP)

Workforce

Biden expands pay, hiring for federal firefighters, but union warns it's not enough

The bronze Statue of Freedom, by Thomas Crawford, is the crowning feature of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, shown ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Congress

TSP changes, retirement help for former seasonal feds and other bills to watch

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FEDtalk

New Year, New President, New Administration

Financial Adviser

Pay

Trump aiming for late-September launch of payroll tax deferral for federal employees

telework, coronavirus

Workforce

Agencies should ensure employees are 'telework ready' amid coronavirus concerns, OPM says

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Workforce

Lawmakers unveil details of 'historic' federal paid parental leave benefits

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Pay

No new recommendations for additional locality pay areas, at least not yet