Unions ask full appeals court to take up case on Trump’s workforce executive...
The legal battle over the president's workforce executive orders continues, after federal employee unions on Friday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to hear their case.
View ArticleTrump reverses course, announces federal pay raise for 2020
In a surprising reversal, President Donald Trump has chosen to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year.
View ArticlePentagon looking to fill AI ethicist role
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.
View ArticleOPM moving ahead with new instructions designed to more quickly fire,...
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management implement portions of the president's May 2018 executive order on firings and disciplinary actions for federal employees.
View ArticleHouse clears 7-week CR with additional OPM funding
The seven-week continuing resolution gives lawmakers through Nov. 21 to complete spending bills for the rest of 2020. Notably, the CR includes additional funding for the Office of Personnel Management,...
View ArticleNTEU says bar set too high in proving age discrimination
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union wants the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision on age discrimination in the federal workforce.
View ArticleAppeals court denies unions chance for a rehearing over Trump’s workforce...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied unions a chance to rehear their case against the president's workforce executive orders before a full panel of judges.
View ArticleLawmakers see paid family leave, more federal interns as viable ideas to...
As House lawmakers search for ways to help the federal government strengthen its talent pipeline, they find consensus on at least two ideas.
View ArticleSenate sends shutdown-averting CR to Trump’s desk
The Senate on Thursday cleared a seven-week continuing resolution through Nov. 21. The CR includes nearly $50 million more for the Office of Personnel Management, which faces a funding gap with the...
View ArticleSenate confirms Eugene Scalia to lead Labor Department
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
View ArticleIs the White House-federal unions relationship beyond repair?
Executive orders on federal employment, and vigorous union opposition to them, appear to have poisoned relations between federal unions and the Trump administration beyond antidote.
View ArticleFederal employees will pay over 5% more toward FEHB premiums in 2020
After last year's record low premium rate increases, participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will pay, on average, more than 5% more for their premiums in 2020.
View ArticleInjunction on Trump’s workforce executive orders has expired
The injunction on the president's workforce executive orders has expired, clearing the way for agencies to officially begin implementing them again.
View ArticleWith injunction lifted, OPM tells agencies to implement Trump’s workforce...
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday instructed agencies to begin implementing the president's workforce executive orders on official time, collective bargaining and employee removals.
View ArticleArbitrator says HHS bargained in ‘bad faith’ with NTEU
After determining the Department of Health and Human Services bargained in "bad faith" with the National Treasury Employees Union, an independent arbitrator has directed both parties to return to the...
View ArticleFDIC employees to get paid parental leave
To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. The...
View ArticleNTEU, federal employee groups press Congress on paid family leave
Several federal employee groups this week made an aggressive push to Congress to grant the federal workforce paid family leave. More than 100 organizations, which included the National Treasury...
View ArticleCummings remembered as ‘true champion’ for federal workforce
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Federal employees are remembering Rep. Elijah Cummings...
View ArticleNo new recommendations for additional locality pay areas, at least not yet
The Federal Salary Council made no new recommendations Tuesday to establish additional locality pay areas for the next year. But for the regions across the country who say they need higher locality pay...
View ArticleUnions on deadline to pay rent or leave VA office space, department says
Federal employee unions at the Department of Veterans Affairs have a deadline now to leave currently-occupied, government-owned office space, the agency announced Friday. The new deadlines are part of...
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