Getting into the SES: Do You Have What it Takes?
Senior Executive Service (SES) jobs are highly sought after positions in the federal government. What are the requirements necessary to obtain an SES position?
Human Resources
Stay informed with the latest federal human resources news, including updates on federal employee unions, labor relations, collective bargaining, workplace policies, and federal HR guidance. This category covers OPM regulations, pay, leave, and benefits administration, labor‑management disputes, union negotiations, workplace rights, and major **HR policy changes.
Is Today a Federal Holiday? Short Workday for Many Feds
Wednesday, November 24th isn’t really a federal holiday. But, says OPM, agencies can dismiss employees early while “renewing our commitment on Thanksgiving.”
10 Reasons Supervisors Give for Not Trying to Resolve Employee Problems
Do federal managers take disciplinary action only when absolutely necessary?
The New Federal Labor Relations Authority: Ten Suggestions that Might Really Improve Federal Collective Bargaining
FLRA has a new website and, according to its Chairman, a new “season” based on “Revitalization, Reinvention, and Re-engagement”. Her message is the keynote on the cosmetically altered site. Taking on the prior Authority (of which she was a member) claiming it’s “performance, along with employee morale, had suffered” and sounding a lot like Al Gore, she wants to reinvent the FLRA but how she plans to do so is a bit hazy.
President Signs Defense Bill: Includes Credit for Sick Leave and Abolishes NSPS
The President has signed into law a bill that expands the human resources benefits for federal employees.
Human Resources Changes Include Sick Leave Credit for FERS Employees and Abolishing NSPS
The Senate has approved a bill that will change a number of current human resources policies and includes changing the FERS retirement system to allow employees under this system to get credit for unused sick leave.
Bargaining Permissive Subjects: Will Your Agency Sign Up?
The author asks which Agencies will agree to bargaining permissive subjects if a pilot program results from an impending executive order. He suggests who might play and why as well as some risks involved to those who choose to play or are roped into doing so.
Revised Labor Relations Executive Order Surfaces with Substantial Changes Dropping (B)(1) Bargaining Requirement
In what may prove to be the most edited document in the Obama Administration, a new version of the proposed executive order is being circulated. The new version has substantial changes from the old version including elimination of the obligation to bargain permissive subjects contained in Clinton Order and previous versions of the Obama plan.
Federal Employee Performance Appraisal: The Good, Bad and Ugly
How do federal employees see their performance appraisal process working? Are they measured against specific expectations? Are they accurately rated? More than 2000 readers sent in their views and here are the results.
Discrepancies in the Federal Workplace According to EEOC
The annual report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reveals that power and pay discrepancies still exist between men and women, whites and minorities, and non-disabled and disabled.
