Employee Policy
Is it too soon to send feds back to their workplaces?
Federal agencies -- especially those in the Washington, D.C., region -- are returning employees to their regular workplaces at a faster clip than most private-sector employers, according to a report.
Benefits
Feds like their perks, fueling recruitment, retention
Federal employees continue to rate their benefits highly, as revealed in the most recent Federal Employee Benefits Survey.
Employee Policy
COVID protections for CBP frontline workers
Fewer migrants entering U.S. has limited Customs and Border Protection staff’s COVID exposure, but more protections for workers are required.
Employee Policy
GAO: Recruitment of disabled grows, but retention lags
A new Government Accountability Office review of recruiting and retention efforts to increase the number of employees with disabilities at federal agencies shows some bright spots, such as improved recruiting, but also finds ample room for improvement, most pointedly in retention.
Employee Policy
Lawmakers press BOP on COVID risks from protest deployments
Lawmakers are pressing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for details on the recent mass redeployments of potentially COVID-exposed personnel to help patrol the city street protests that erupted after the police killing of George Floyd.
Employee Policy
Feds can legally protest -- but keep your job out of it
When it comes to protesting, federal employees have the same rights of expression as other Americans – with some caveats.
Financial Planning
Connelly calls out administration interference in I-fund reversal
The Virginia congressman said concerns about the composition of the investment fund should have been to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, rather than to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
Employee Policy
Feds across multiple agencies pressed into DOJ’s protest crackdown
Federal employees in law enforcement and investigative agencies are being pulled into management of national protests following the police detention and killing of George Floyd.
Benefits
Union slams WH plans to cut workers’ comp
As the White House presses on with a plan to cut workers’ comp -- drastically, for many feds, the American Federation of Government Employees is firing back.
Employee Policy
NTEU calls on IRS to further extend tax filing deadline
National Treasury Employee Union leaders pressed the administration to reschedule the deadline to Oct. 15
Employee Policy
Postal unions wary of choice for USPS chief
Postal workers are telegraphing their concerns about the newly appointed postmaster general, seen by many as a political choice in a time of existential threats to the U.S. Postal Service.
Employee Policy
Fed employees, unions demand more COVID-19 protection
The American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union are demanding better COVID-19 protection for employees returning to the workplace.
Employee Policy