Management
Senate Panel Advances Key Labor Authority Nominee
One week following Catherine Bird’s confirmation hearing, a key committee voted along party lines in favor of her nomination.
Management
Trump Administration Asks Court to Allow Agencies to Implement Workforce Orders Immediately
Government argues it would suffer “irreparable harm” if required to wait 45 days before an existing injunction against three controversial executive orders is lifted.
Management
Union Challenge to Workforce Orders Could Take Years if Court Doesn’t Reconsider Its Decision
Administrative backlogs and agency vacancies make challenging the orders through three available avenues a daunting task.
Management
More than Half of USDA Science Agency Employees May Leave Rather than Relocate
The union representing workers at the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has requested a one-year period of full-time telework to ease the transition to Kansas City.
Management
Trump Taps the Late Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s Son to Be Labor Secretary
Eugene Scalia has a long history of fighting unions and federal regulations.
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.
Management
Unions Consider Next Steps Following Workforce Order Ruling
The injunction blocking three controversial executive orders by President Trump will remain in place for 45 days to allow unions to consider an appeal.
Management
Labor Authority General Counsel Nominee Vows Impartiality, But Unions Cry Foul
Federal employee unions oppose the nomination of Catherine Bird to vet complaints before the FLRA, citing her work in collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of management.
Management
Court Delivers Blow to Federal Unions Fighting Trump’s Workforce Orders
A three-judge panel found that federal employee unions should have gone to the FLRA with their legal challenges before filing a federal lawsuit.
Pay & Benefits
Salary Council Recommends Locality Pay Area Changes
The advisory body found that federal workers earn on average 31% less than their counterparts outside government, but the methodology is highly disputed.
Management
Trump Administration to Explore Making It Easier for Federal Employees to Cancel Union Dues
Labor officials decry the effort as a misuse of legal precedent to bust unions.
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
House Appropriations Bill Would Block Impasses Panel from Imposing New Union Contracts
Federal labor groups have frequently accused agencies of engaging in bad faith “box-checking” collective bargaining negotiations, in an effort to fast track proposals to an all-Republican board.
Workforce
Trump’s Latest Controversial Immigration Appointee Is Already Clashing With His Workforce
Ken Cuccinelli accuses his employees, and their union, of "choosing to deny reality" after they back lawsuit over new policy.
Management
Vast Majority of Staffers at Agriculture Research Agency Reject Relocation
Union blames "aggressive timeline" of move from D.C. to Kansas City.
Workforce
EPA Unilaterally Imposes New Union Contract Slashing Telework, Easing Firing
Labor group plans a legal fight against the decision.
Management
'People Are Crying When They Come Into Work:' Unions Protest OPM-GSA Merger
Lawmakers said they will try to amend an appropriations bill to block the acting OPM director from following through on her threat to lay off 150 agency employees.
Oversight
Appeals Court Overrules Federal Labor Relations Authority on 15-Year-Long Union Dispute
A three-judge panel found that a Trump FRLA decision was not supported by the evidence.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Suing OPM Score Win in Lawsuit Over Data Hacks
Appeals court overrules district-level finding, says federal employee unions have standing to sue.
Pay & Benefits