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The one-two punch would force large numbers of white-collar government employees to forfeit remote working arrangements, reversing a trend that took off in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday imposing a hiring freeze and ending remote work for federal government employees. “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive ...
Feb. 6 marked the deadline for federal workers to accept the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Trump Administration's offer of a buyout. These buyouts, or the option of "deferred ...
The role of special government employees is defined in Title 18 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) § 202. [a] The SGE category was created by Congress in 1962 and was aimed at allowing the federal government to take advantage of outside experts who are employed in the private sector. [2]
The order instituted a 90-day hiring freeze for United States federal employees, after which it was to be replaced by a long-term workforce reduction plan to be developed by the Office of Personnel Management. [2] The order bans hiring contractors to fill positions that would otherwise be filled by employees. [3]
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more ...
By the January 19 deadline, two agencies had submitted their lists. The Office of Management and Budget submitted a list of 140 position types, of which 136 were approved by OPM, which would have affected 415 of the agency's 610 employees. Most of the affected employees were in program examination, digital services, and policy analysis positions.