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Tobacco bill heads to Obama without sick leave fix
The House quickly passed in a 307-97 vote the Senate's version of H.R. 1256 on Friday -- ending hopes that a conference committee between the two chambers could add federal workforce provisions that were stripped from the bill during legislative wrangling.
Unions including the National Federation of Federal Employees had urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to schedule a conference committee to add language from the House's original version, which would have allowed workers in the Federal Employees Retirement System to count unused sick time toward their annuities.
Other provisions that didn't make it into the final bill included measures to make it easier to rehire federal retirees part time; modified how the Civil Service Retirement System calculates annuity payments for employees who retire as part-time workers; and moved federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories from cost-of-living adjustments into the locality pay system.
The Senate removed those provisions from the bill, which President Obama has said he will sign into law. The final version retained several measures expanding federal employees' options under the Thrift Savings Plan.
Supporters of the FERS sick leave fix are confident it will be approved this year as part of other legislation.
COMMENTS
- For Joe the Plumber....have ya started takin' the 1300 hours of sick leave, boy ?!?! DO IT !! That's probably over 162 days and you'll still acrue some between now and Jan, huh ? "Dump and Enjoy" (for FERS) is the buzz phrase for sick leave. It's great, altho I messed up somehow and left 15 minutes of the books !! Bummer...could have come in 3 hours 15 minutes late that last day instead of 3 hours....I thought I was a wipin' out ALL my sick leave by the last day !! Big Jake (ret. 2008 !!) Big Jake Posted September 24, 2009 10:17 AM
- Tor - Your comment made me think of another Tor I met on Dead Tour, which was a long strang trip ago, but, alas, I digress, and must return to my fetal position. Victor V. Valkenburg V Posted July 3, 2009 3:59 PM
- The government works much like a high-school click or college pan-hellenic hazing. Just because you pledge doesn't mean you join the brotherhood. A lot of these programs including medical/health programs shut the door-while your foot is still stuck in it! Tor Gilbo Posted June 30, 2009 12:26 PM
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