Workforce
Biden’s Budget Focuses on Making Agencies a ‘Model Employer’
Documents accompanying the president’s fiscal 2023 budget request envisions reforms to federal hiring, internships, and a restructuring of regional Federal Executive Boards.
Pay & Benefits
Biden Proposes a 4.6% Raise for Federal Workers for 2023
If enacted, the figure would mark the largest pay increase for federal employees in two decades.
Oversight
MSPB Has Issued Its First Bit of Precedent in Five Years
The body that adjudicates the validity of discipline and removal of federal workers decided that it cannot overrule laws governing probationary periods, even if an agency gave the employee bad info on when they end.
Workforce
GOP Lawmakers Are Blaming a Union for the EEOC's Omicron Reentry Delay
Both the agency and its union said they’re committed to serving the public and ensuring the return to offices is done safely and according to federal labor law.
Pay & Benefits
The Federal Pay Advisory Panel Can Finally Weigh In on Locality Pay and Other Issues Again
Biden nominates members to the Federal Salary Council, allowing it to move forward with compensation-related recommendations.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Glitch Affecting More Than 1,000 Customs and Border Employees Could Soon Be Fixed
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Coast Guard Academy Leaders Shouldn't Make Diversity a 'Side Issue,' a New Report Says
The academy is committed to diversity but leaders need to be more proactive in promoting "cultural competence," a report from the National Academy of Public Administration finds.
Workforce
OPM Launches a Toolkit to Attract More Women to the SES
The effort to recruit more women into the cadre of career government executives builds upon a 2014 program and comes amid news that, unlike the rest of the federal government, there is no gender pay gap in the Senior Executive Service.
Workforce
EPA Will Return to a ‘Hybrid’ Office in May
The agency and its union reached an agreement this month to begin bringing union workers back to facilities in May, albeit with expanded telework and remote work options.
Workforce
Some House Republicans Want to Reinstall Trump Workforce Policies
A group of 12 lawmakers introduced a bill that would revive the former president’s anti-union executive orders and an order that could politicize the civil service.
Pay & Benefits
A House Panel Has Advanced Bills Improving Feds’ Access to Workers Comp
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
The White House and OPM Say They Will ‘Address’ Salary History in Federal Hiring
Although the federal gender pay gap is much smaller than the disparity in the private sector, officials vowed to push to eliminate it altogether.
Management
Two Years Later: How the Pandemic Has Changed the Jobs and Lives of Some Federal Workers
Readers share the challenges–and silver linings–of working and keeping themselves, their families and their colleagues safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workforce
Trump Is Threatening the Return and Expansion of Schedule F
The former president, who is reportedly mulling whether to launch a bid to return to the White House, told supporters Saturday that the president should be able to fire any executive branch employee at will.
Management
The $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill Features Enhanced Federal Workforce Reporting Requirements
In its legislation to keep the government open until Sept. 30, Congress has instructed federal agencies to report back on human capital issues and the future of work.
Management
OPM's IG and TSP's Board Nominees Pledge to be Impartial in Roles
President Biden’s pick to chair the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board became the latest in a string of nominees to apologize to senators for past tweets about Republican lawmakers.
Management
A Bipartisan House Bill Would Set Federal Hiring Reform Measures Into Law
The Chance to Compete Act would codify recent administrative reforms aimed at incorporating skills-based assessments and stressing experience over educational attainment in the federal hiring process.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Can Sign Up for a COVID-19 Hazard Pay Lawsuit Now
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Lawmakers Face a Tight Deadline to Pass Funding Bills
Although appropriators still had not released the text of a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package Tuesday afternoon, they insisted they would not resort to passing another stopgap measure to keep the government open.
Pay & Benefits