Official Time, Telework and Labor Relations in 2019
An agency and a union went before the FSIP to resolve a bargaining dispute about official time and telework procedures. Here are the results.
An agency and a union went before the FSIP to resolve a bargaining dispute about official time and telework procedures. Here are the results.
OPM is reminding agencies to be as accommodating as possible to the needs of excepted employees working during the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Telework can be a reasonable accommodation provided to federal employees. The author looks at a court decision that illustrates how it can apply.
OPM recently updated its governmentwide closure and dismissal policies which include a new type of weather related leave and strong emphasis on telework.
Recently introduced legislation would establish several provisions designed to boost telework among the federal workforce.
A new and more restrictive telework policy is being implemented at the Department of Education on October 1st.
OPM said it’s business as usual in Washington despite the Capitals parade, but that agencies are encouraged to give federal employees administrative leave.
OPM has issued final regulations about new weather/safety leave policies which will be of particular interest to federal employees who telework.
A group of lawmakers have asked GAO to take a fresh look at time and attendance problems in agencies by updating a report it previously released in 2003.
A recent case decision suggests the FSIP has shifted from its past philosophy. The author provides an analysis.