Controlling Federal Unions’ Use of Official Time
A new Executive Order has been issued placing restrictions on use of a federal employee’s paid time when working as a union representative.
Federal HR news topics include federal employee unions, labor relations, bargaining, pay/leave and benefits.
A new Executive Order has been issued placing restrictions on use of a federal employee’s paid time when working as a union representative.
New executive orders will restrict government financial support of unions and make it easy to fire poor performing employees.
Use of “official time” by federal employee union representatives was the subject of a recent hearing in Congress.
A lack of quorum due to vacancies at the MSPB has led to a backlog of cases. What does this mean for federal employees with pending cases?
A report on official time in the federal government calculates the cost in FY 2016 was $174,789,810, not including other substantial costs for union activities.
A recent investigation by a local DC news affiliate found that incidents of some federal employees viewing inappropriate content when at work has worsened.
The FLRA has reversed prior interpretations of the law in a couple of important ways. The author summarizes the court’s rationale in a new case.
Federal workers have likely heard of Chief Human Capital Officers, but may not know what they are and why they were created.
Where are the highest paid federal positions in human resources and EEO? Here are the agencies with the highest paid employees for each of these categories.
OPM has issued final regulations about new weather/safety leave policies which will be of particular interest to federal employees who telework.