Congress gave feds a 3-month break from layoffs. A court decides what happens next
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Federal News Network) — Lawmakers gave federal employees a three-month reprieve from governmentwide layoffs, as part of back-and-forth budget negotiations…
OPM seeks to consolidate power over employee appeals in new regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The Office of Personnel Management this week proposed two new sets of regulations that would grant itself the authority to…
ICE is scrutinizing work from home permissions for its employees with disabilities, continuing trend across government
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reviewing any reasonable accommodation that its employees have that permit telework or…
Federal Workers Win Another Layoff Reprieve in DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Bloomberg Law) — The moratorium on mass layoffs of federal workers will continue into mid-February after Congress passed a stop-gap measure funding the…
Widespread Layoffs Reemerge as Threat for Federal Worker Unions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Bloomberg Law) — The end of a moratorium blocking the Trump administration from mass firing federal workers exposes legal obstacles for public-sector labor…
Federal employees in Maryland are being asked to spend even more time in the office
BALTIMORE, M.D. (WYPR) — Even more federal employees in Maryland will need to start commuting again after the Trump administration issued an updated telework policy, which…
What to Know About OPM’s Revised Guidance on Telework, Proposed Rule on Appeal Rights for Probationary Employees
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently revised its guidance for telework and remote work. OPM also issued a proposed rule regarding appeal rights of probationary…
‘Kangaroo Court’?: Trump Administration Proposes Rule Limiting Merit Board’s Jurisdiction in Federal Employment Matters
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Law.com) — The Trump administration is seeking to implement a rule change that would limit the due process rights of first-year federal employees who file…
Probationary appeal rights under further threat by OPM proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The Trump administration last week proposed new rules that would strip newly hired federal employees of their access to the Merit…
Proposed Rules Would Shift Probationary Employees’ Appeals from MSPB to OPM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEDweek) — OPM has proposed rules that would give it, rather than the MSPB, the authority to decide challenges by probationary employees to terminations,…