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Presidential Memo on extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees and children of same-sex domestic partners that are similar or the same as the benefits for spouses…
Federal employees in the competitive service are free to transfer to other federal jobs without going through the same OPM hiring process. Here are a few things you…
The Author explains that recent FLRA decisions have simplified life for FLRA members by allowing them to dismiss arbitration appeals with a simple form letter. The FLRA's approach…
The Fair Labor Standards Act has resulted in decisions costing federal agencies tens of millions of dollars in overtime payments paid to bargaining unit employees wrongly designated as…
The "Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2011" would eliminate federal employee union representatives from getting their federal salary while representing a union. The sponsor says it would save…
The overtime and associated costs paid by multiple Federal agencies in arbitration decisions or in settlements reached by the parties on Fair Labor Standards Act cases is staggering.…
An executive order sets up a new federal Internship Program, Recent Graduates Program and Presidential Management Fellows Program which are to be called the Pathways Programs.
The President has issued an executive order implementing the 2011 federal pay rates.
President Obama has given OPM delegated authority "to providing appropriate workplace accommodations for executive branch civilian employees who are nursing mothers." What does this mean for your agency?
Following President Obama's recent proposal for a two-year pay freeze for all civilian federal workers, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a pay freeze for Department of Energy…