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DHS aims to increase in-person work while balancing ‘workplace flexibilities’

DHS wants to increase meaningful in-person work, but “the range of workplace flexibilities has, and will continue to, look differently across the department,”…

Workforce Rights/Governance

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With the federal workplace about to change, OPM reminds feds how to count travel hours

Workforce

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GPO vacates regional offices, embraces 100% telework for all eligible employees

Workforce

NSF

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NSF announces return-to-office changes before finishing negotiations, drawing union ire

Unions

Dissatisfied with OPM’s data, Republicans ask individual agencies for telework details

Workforce

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Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA sets higher in-office work requirements for teleworking employees this fall

Workforce

After OMB’s updated telework guidance, federal unions emphasize role of collective bargaining

Unions

The administration’s new telework guidance is far from perfect

Workforce

FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, a job candidate's resume sits on a table as he interviews for a job during a recruiting event at the Georgia Department of Labor office in Atlanta. One state and at least two cities have passed laws that bar employers from asking applicants about their salary history. Several states have proposed similar legislation in 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

For a hybrid workforce, federal HR leaders look to improve hiring, retention

Workforce

AFGE National President Everett Kelley speaks at EPA union rally outside agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.

EPA employees voice concerns about low pay, understaffing, burnout

Unions

Agencies, unions should work together to correct any bargaining unit eligibility errors

Unions

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DIA looks to stem attrition through more flexible work options

The spy agency is facing a worrying trend of contracting officers and HR specialists leaving for greener, telework pastures.

Intelligence Community

How agencies are trying to keep early-career employees in federal jobs

OPM is prioritizing early-career recruitment, as the federal government trails the private sector in its percentage of millennial and Generation Z employees…

Hiring/Retention

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Survey: As agencies turn to hybrid work, many feds want more remote options

Workforce

About 64% of FNN survey respondents said they were satisfied with their current work situation, but at the same time, the requirement of working in the office at least once a week was a pain point for some.