Human Resources
Will There Be a Return to Pre-Decisional Involvement in a New Administration?
What is pre-decisional involvement and how can it be used successfully in federal labor relations?
Human Resources
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Human Resources
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Workplace: What Federal Employees Can Expect
Can federal agencies require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Human Resources
Increasing Performance Value in Reduction-in-Force (RIF)
Proposed regulations for a reduction-in-force would place more emphasis on quality of performance and less on length of service.
Human Resources
Feds in DC: Five Days Off With One Day of Leave
Many federal employees in the Washington, DC area will have two holidays in one week in January 2021.
Human Resources
What Could Collaborative Labor Management Relations Look Like in the New Administration?
The author discusses what changes to collaborative labor relations can be expected under a Biden administration.
Human Resources
Here is Why It Is Important For Congress to Act to Stop Schedule F Now
The author says that rescinding Schedule F is not as simple as an executive order under a new administration.
Human Resources
Staffing a New Administration? Worry About Senate-Confirmed Jobs Later
The author discusses which federal jobs he sees as the priority for a new presidential administration to fill.
Human Resources
Breaking the Civil Service Begins at OMB
At least one agency has begun moving its employees to Schedule F. The author explores what the potential ramifications of this are for federal employees.
Human Resources
Agencies Begin Implementing Schedule F
At least two agencies are identifying positions to move federal employees under Schedule F per a recent executive order. What could go wrong?
Human Resources
Cutting Federal Agency Costs for Union Activity
How much official time was used by federal employee unions in FY 2019? The latest report from OPM breaks it down.