Private sector companies value telework for its positive impact on recruitment and retention, the GAO has said in a report that lands just after the Trump administration’s return-to-office policy has severely cut back that option in federal agencies...
Agencies are reversing course on some of the Trump administration’s policies targeting federal employees and the unions that represent them, after federal courts ordered them to do so — at least temporarily...
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has advanced a proposal that would revamp the federal pension system by gradually reducing benefits...
Chaos, frustration, and a deep sense of unease have swept through countless federal offices ever since President Trump announced a blanket return-to-office mandate...
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman on Wednesday expressed skepticism that the president could legally strip two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights...
Federal workers hired in 2029 would contribute nearly 10% of their basic pay toward a less generous pension if they wish to retain their civil service protections under House lawmakers’ budget reconciliation proposal…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lost 16% of its workforce since this time last year, two sources briefed on the matter said, leaving Wall Street's top regulator with gaps across key divisions at a time of market turmoil…
A federal judge could soon block the White House’s move to strip collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers...
As part of President Trump’s March 27 executive order (EO) seeking to end union representation and collective bargaining for dozens of agencies across the federal government, the administration has taken further steps to silence the voice of federal… read more
The MSPB is again without a quorum as the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court’s order to keep Cathy Harris on the three-member governing board while she continues to challenge her firing...
President Trump appears set to propose freeze civilian federal employees’ pay next year, according to draft budget documents...
Employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s moves to fire vast swaths of the federal workforce, saying they violate regulations for carrying out mass “RIFs” across government. In a new lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, five… read more
A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the government on Thursday from imposing a midnight deadline on federal workers who were offered a deferred resignation plan, freezing the government from implementing the deadline until a hearing on Monday… read more
The Trump administration is looking further scale down the size of the federal workforce by giving federal employees governmentwide the option to voluntarily resign from their positions in exchange for eight months of pay. In an email the Office of… read more
After 38 years of SEC service and 5 years as the Vice President of NTEU Chapter 293, Lance Alworth retired from the agency effective January 11, 2025. He has been replaced by CHRO union steward Drew O'Brien.
President Donald Trump has revived a familiar executive order aiming to remove civil service protections for a large portion of the federal workforce, in effect making many career federal employees at-will and easier to fire. The executive order… read more