Pay & Benefits
Survey: Five in Six HHS Employees May Consider Leaving if Telework is Restricted
Department has stripped telework provisions from its union contract, and is expected to require employees to commute at least four days per week.
Pay & Benefits
New Guidance Helps Agencies Assess the Value of Work-Life Balance Programs
The federal government is looking to quantify the costs and benefits of programs such as telework.
Pay & Benefits
House Backs New Benefits for Feds, OPM Offers Heat Guidance and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Administrative Law Judge Union Accuses Social Security of Bad Faith Bargaining
The agency’s “last best offer” to the union includes a 90% cut to official time, telework limits and removal of language that ensures due process for disability claimants.
Management
Interior Department Announces Modest Cutback to Telework
Beginning next month, front-line employees with telework agreements will be required to report to a physical office once a week, while supervisors will be eligible only for situational telework.
Pay & Benefits
More than Half of D.C.-Area Feds Say Agencies Aren’t Supportive of Telework Amid Metro Closures
Majority of respondents to a GovExec.com/Government Business Council survey report that the temporary shutdown of six Metrorail stations would have at least a moderate impact on their ability to do their jobs.
Workforce
Some Agencies Reluctant to Offer Telework Amid D.C. Metro Disruption
The Office of Personnel Management directed agencies to encourage the practice during the summer closures of half a dozen Virginia Metrorail stations.
Employee Policy
Group announces Telework Week results
More than 163,000 pledges signed up for Telework Week last month—more than four times the number of workers who pledged to telework during the event in 2011.
Benefits
Telework: Snowstorms boost participation
Federal employees are teleworking more this year than last, with inclement weather—together with existing laws and initiatives—driving participation rates to new highs.
Employee Policy
Thousands pledge to telework next week
As of Thursday afternoon, more than 137,000 workers had pledged to telework next week as part of an annual effort sponsored by Mobile Work Exchange.
Employee Policy
Public-private effort pools resources to measure telework gains
Federal employees who telework are saving the government money—and new a white paper co-sponsored by a leading telework advocacy group aims to help agencies more accurately measure those financial benefits as they design and implement telework programs.
Tech
'Bring Your Own Device' for Beginners
New guidance will help agencies establish policies on using personal devices for work.
Tech
Work-Life Balance Goes Mobile
IT pros say their devices save them time; cyber crash course could be just what your career needs.
Tech
Treating All Types of Workers Equally
At DISA, all employees are required to file a daily activity report.
Tech
Does Tech Cost More Than It's Worth?
IT doesn’t seem to be a top priority for most federal executives, according to a new study.
Tech
The WordPress Example
Founder Matt Mullenweg says his company employs about 120 people spread out across 90 cities.
Tech
The Next Big Telework Thing: Better Tallies
Measures of telework success should rely less on hours at home and more on quality of work.
Tech