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The White House is visible as morning traffic builds along 16th Street Northwest, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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More time off at the end of 2021, but not necessarily leaving it on the table

Federal News Network conducted an anonymous, unscientific, online survey of readers who largely indicated they would close out year two of the pandemic…

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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, forms from the U.S. Census Bureau arrive at a home in Orlando, Fla. The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

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USPS urges supervisors to grant ‘liberal sick leave’ during coronavirus pandemic

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President Donald Trump holds a photograph of coronavirus as Dr. Steve Monroe,right, with CDC speaks to members of the press at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, March 6, 2020. President Trump's trip to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, briefly scuttled Friday because of unfounded fears that someone there had contracted the coronavirus, was back on, giving the president another chance to calm growing alarm about the spread of the virus in America. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

OPM offers up more telework guidance amid growing coronavirus concerns

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FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. In an innovative experiment, doctors prescribed fewer opioids after learning of their patient's overdose death in a letter from a county medical examiner. More than 400 “Dear Doctor” letters, sent in 2017 in San Diego County, were part of a study that put a human face on the U.S. opioid crisis for many doctors. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Terminal illness, now what?

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall. Durbin told The Associated Press, “it’s coming out of military pay and pensions, $1 billion, that’s the plan.”(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DoD authorizes up to $1 billion for wall at U.S. southern border

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Excepted employees have 2 options to take approved leave during shutdown, OPM says

Government Shutdown

Waiting for additional leave guidance, new shutdown furlough notices go out and more

Government Shutdown

Shutdown FAQs: Pay, benefits and retirement questions answered

Government Shutdown

David Warner: Full cost of paid sick leave for federal employees, contractors

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Ken Rosenberg: What new sick leave rules mean for contractors

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John McNerney: Paid sick leave rule would damage contracts with government

Business groups are looking warily at yet another proposed new rule from the Obama administration. This one would require contractors to have mandatory…

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Flying under the office radar … way under!

Maybe we should all find at least one colleague who would agree to give us a courtesy pulse-check at the end of the day.

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Eric Crusius: What does paid leave executive order mean for contractors?

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Thanks to a new executive order, 300,000 employees of federal contractors have a new benefit coming and their employers have a new mandate to comply with. On Labor Day, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring their employers to offer paid sick leave. Eric Crusius, who represents government contractors at the law firm Miles & Stockbridge, offered his take on In Depth with Francis Rose as part of Industry Chatter.

sick leave

More time off at the end of 2021, but not necessarily leaving it on the table

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

USPS urges supervisors to grant ‘liberal sick leave’ during coronavirus pandemic

OPM offers up more telework guidance amid growing coronavirus concerns

Terminal illness, now what?

DoD authorizes up to $1 billion for wall at U.S. southern border

Excepted employees have 2 options to take approved leave during shutdown, OPM says

Waiting for additional leave guidance, new shutdown furlough notices go out and more

Shutdown FAQs: Pay, benefits and retirement questions answered

David Warner: Full cost of paid sick leave for federal employees, contractors

Ken Rosenberg: What new sick leave rules mean for contractors

John McNerney: Paid sick leave rule would damage contracts with government

Flying under the office radar … way under!

Eric Crusius: What does paid leave executive order mean for contractors?

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