OPM is Encouraging Federal Employees to Get Flu Shots
OPM is reminding federal employees to get a flu shot to help keep them healthy during the upcoming flu season.
Employee Relations
Stay informed on employee relations issues affecting federal employees, including workplace conduct rules, performance management, disciplinary actions, adverse actions, and HR policies that shape day‑to‑day federal employment. Explore updates on OPM guidance, MSPB decisions, labor‑management disputes, probationary employee rules, and best practices for handling workplace conflicts. Find clear explanations and timely analysis to help federal employees and supervisors understand the policies, rights, and procedures that govern employee relations across federal agencies.
3 Terrifying Secrets to Real Employee Engagement
The author says there are 3 key problems that prevent employees from being fully engaged in an organization and explains how to overcome them.
OPM Guidance on Labor and Employee Relations Executive Orders
OPM has issued guidance on President Trump’s recent Executive Orders impacting the federal workforce.
Traditional Leadership Training Actually Makes Matters Worse
The author says that if you really want to increase employee engagement, your have to stop looking in the traditional places for the solutions.
Study Shows Greater Job Satisfaction Among Employees Using Work-Life Programs
OPM published the results of its first ever work-life survey which indicate that federal employees utilizing these programs perform better in their jobs.
OPM Identifies Priorities for Federal Workforce in New Report
OPM has released its quadrennial identifying future challenges and priorities for the federal workforce.
Changes for Federal Employees Coming to the Workplace
The Trump administration’s new budget proposal is reportedly going to propose changes to performance rating systems and within-grade increases for federal employees. Here is a list of other possible proposals as well.
Beatings Will Continue Until Performance Improves
“Accountability” often means that somebody needs to be fired. The author says a more productive approach in the workplace is to instead celebrate incremental progress.
The Personal ROI of Happy in Government
Happy employees make for more engaged employees. The author explains how this applies to federal employment.
Are You a Good Bureaucrat, or a Bad Bureaucrat?
The author says that the term “bureaucrat” often carries a negative connotation, but in his experience, he believes this should not be the case.
