OPM Proposal Would Overhaul Federal RIF Process, Putting Performance Ahead of Seniority
OPM is proposing changes to RIF rules favoring performance over seniority, aiming to reshape the federal workforce. How will this impact federal employees?
OPM is proposing changes to RIF rules favoring performance over seniority, aiming to reshape the federal workforce. How will this impact federal employees?
OPM’s new Schedule Policy/Career rule reclassifies up to 50,000 federal jobs as at-will, stripping appeal rights. What will this mean for federal employees?
OPM has proposed major changes to its performance management system. It could curb ratings, allow rating distributions, and make it easier to address poor performance.
OPM proposed an overhaul of suitability appeals, ending MSPB review and streamlining decisions as part of a wider push to reshape federal personnel rules.
RIF appeal rights to the MSPB are not statutory—they exist only because of OPM regulation. A new proposed rule would return RIF appeals to OPM.
OPM issued a final Schedule F rule, stripping civil-service appeals from ~50K federal employees to ease firing and reduce efforts to derail policy initiatives.
The FRTIB has finalized a rule for Roth in-plan conversions in the TSP in anticipation of the feature’s launch later this month.
No more “everyone’s outstanding”—OPM issued a new rule limiting top SES ratings to boost accountability.
OPM has issued a proposed rule that would make it easier to fire federal employees for serious misconduct.
Are performance ratings for Senior Executive Service members too high? OPM says they are and is proposing a forced distribution system to correct it.