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A reader who strongly believes federal employees should not have a paid holiday on December 24th has filed a petition asking the president not to make Christmas Eve an extra holiday this year.
HSAs are special accounts designed to give you a tax deduction for qualified medical expenses.
More than 25,000 people have now signed a petition asking President Obama to give Federal employees an extra paid holiday on December 24th.
What is the status of the petition filed with the White House to give federal employees an extra holiday on December 24th?
The 2012 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings from the Partnership for Public Service indicate a decline in job satisfaction among federal employees in areas such as pay, rewards and advancement.
Should December 24, 2012 be an extra paid holiday for federal employees? Sign the petition if you think this is a good idea.
The author says that the idea of locality pay works well on paper, but in practice it has become convoluted after its planners began worrying about congressional support and the locality areas were expanded in size.
The Federal Workers Alliance recently sent a letter to House and Senate leaders asking that federal employees be excluded from further cuts as Congress embarks on its sequestration and fiscal cliff negotiations.
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) has announced a plan he is putting forward to avoid going over the “fiscal cliff.” The plan includes a number of reforms that, if enacted, would directly impact the federal workforce.
The Federal-Postal Coalition sent a letter to members of Congress today requesting that the federal workforce be excluded from any potential cuts that might be levied on federal employees as part of negotiations set to take place to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”
