Workforce Rights/Governance

union, federal mediation and conciliation service

What’s new from the agency in the middle of labor-management disputes

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service recently had its first in-person national conference since before the pandemic.

Workforce

FDIC Chair Nomination

After allegations of a hostile work environment, the FDIC adds two new offices

Federal Newscast

(Photo courtesy of April Gail Pilgrim, Army)

A man teleworks from home

Teleworking DoD employees targeted by House spending bill

Federal Newscast

Christophe Megevand, of Schuman Cheese, New Jersey, judges the Rhined Swiss Style Cheese category in the opening day of the World Championship Cheese Contest at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Whine, cheese make the return-to-office debate pungent

Federal Report

Hatch Act, political activity, elections

What OSC’s Hatch Act updates mean for federal employees

Workforce Rights/Governance

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Sillhouettes of employees in an office representing telework.

Upset at DLA over unusually restrictive telework policy

Defense

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Image representing concept of employees being fired through Schedule F.

Promoting Schedule F alternative, working group warns against Trump-era plan resurgence

Federal Newscast

A hand selects among three emojis to indicate the level of satisfaction

Feds in their 30s relatively unhappy on the job, study shows

Federal Newscast

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OPM issues time-off guidance for feds experiencing domestic violence

Federal Newscast

DoD challenge brought in 200 great talent management ideas

Management

FILE - Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, hands are seen in handcuffs as he arrives at the court room in a courthouse in Oslo, Aug. 24, 2012 . A decade after the 2011 bombing and shooting spree that left 77 dead, Breivik is seeking early release from a 21-year sentence — the maximum term in Norway. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Feds convicted of sex crimes might lose their pensions

Federal Newscast

NLRB, Jennifer Abruzzo

NLRB ‘doing more with less’ between growing caseload, stagnating staffing

While trying to manage sluggish staffing numbers, NLRB has simultaneously experienced a sharp 35% increase in its workload over the last six months.

Workforce

return-to-office, OPM, Schedule F, White House, federal workers

Schedule F is dormant, but still haunts the civil service

Schedule F, the Trump-era civil service innovation, not the tax form, is like a zombie.

Workforce Rights/Governance

A visual representation of a telework desk.

New law requires telework option for pregnant workers

Federal Newscast

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires agencies to provide reasonable accommodations, from longer breaks to telework.

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