Workforce
FDIC Is Already Reneging on Its New Telework Agreement, Union Says
The National Treasury Employees Union said employees were promised telework with no need to return to the office regularly, only for managers to make attendance at weekly check-in meetings mandatory.
Workforce
The House Has Approved a Bill to Prevent Future Schedules F
Despite the support of more than 30 good government groups, Republicans remained largely opposed to the measure.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: Here's How Feds Can Help Fight Hunger and Dietary Diseases
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Workforce
A Conservative Group Wants to Make It Easier for Feds to Bust Their Own Unions
Union officials said the agency at the heart of a case asking when employees can seek to decertify their unions after a bargaining unit consolidation could have a conflict of interest.
Workforce
Immigration Judges Say the FLRA Made Up Rules to Decertify Union
In its appeal in federal circuit court, the National Association of Immigration Judges accused the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s then-Republican majority of already deciding to decertify the union before considering arguments in the case.
Workforce
The FLRA Issues Another Complaint Against EEOC, This Time Over Tampa Union Evictions
Officials with the union representing EEOC employees said a steward was kicked out of their agency-provided office space after highlighting long-running anti-union animus by management at the Tampa field office.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Calls for Inspector General Oversight of the TSP
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
A Longtime TSP Board Member Announced He Will Resign
Former acting Chairman David Jones’ replacement remains held up on the Senate floor by GOP lawmakers.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Portfolios Faltered Again in August
Nearly all of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan returned to negative territory last month.
Pay & Benefits
It's Official: Biden Formalizes Average 4.6% Pay Raise Plan for Feds in 2023
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic pay increases from taking effect confirms that 0.5% of the total pay raise will go to an average increase in locality pay.
Workforce
A Union is Calling on the VA to Replace Its Chief Negotiator Following Trump-esque Bargaining Demands
Despite edicts from President Biden and VA Secretary Denis McDonough to establish more collaborative labor-management relations and empower labor groups, the department continues to push for a contract that closely mirrors the former president’s anti-union executive orders.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Are Urging OPM to Beef up Feds’ Fertility Benefits
Democrats in both chambers of Congress bemoaned the abridged—and often expensive—coverage of treatments such as in vitro fertilization in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Pay & Benefits
More than 110 Lawmakers Are Urging the Education Dept. to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waivers
Although the Biden administration has already begun work to make many recent changes that make the program easier to use permanent, those reforms won’t be implemented until next summer.
Pay & Benefits
The Contractor Responsible for the TSP’s Troubled Recordkeeping Transition Pledges to Improve
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Workforce
Here’s Where Federal Employee Unions Can Look to Expand Their Ranks
According to new data from the Office of Personnel Management, nearly 300,000 federal employees are eligible to form unions but haven’t.
Oversight
TSA Union Local Leader Gets House Arrest for Misappropriating Funds
The president of a union local in Boston pleaded guilty to using nearly $30,000 in union funds for personal purposes.
Workforce
A Union Is Urging Support for TSA Workforce Reform in the Defense Policy Bill
The American Federation of Government Employees also said they oppose a plan to delay the Defense Department’s return to one-year probationary periods for new employees.
Pay & Benefits
GSA Announces Travel Per Diem Rates, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
GAO Will Investigate the Troubled TSP Recordkeeper Transition
Officials at the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program said nearly 2 million participants have successfully set up their new online account access, and call center wait times are down to around 10 minutes.
Pay & Benefits