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A new bill would provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid leave annually to care for themselves or a loved one, or in connection with a family member entering or returning from active military duty.
House Democrats announced Thursday that they will push to expand paid leave benefits for federal employees, hopeful that they can build on lawmakers success in instituting a paid parental leave program two years ago.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, which would provide 12 weeks of paid leave each year to all federal workers, including employees of the legislative branch and the U.S. Postal Service, to deal with a personal illness, to care for a family member suffering from illness, or in connecti
Agencies required to produce pandemic plans by end of the week January 26 Agencies will be required to meet certain baseline safety protocols in their plans to protect federal workers and contractors from COVID-19 exposure. (BrianAJackson/Getty Images) The new Biden administration has called on the heads of federal agencies to refocus on their COVID-19 response and safety plans for federal employees as part of executive orders signed Jan. 20. The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum to agency heads Jan. 24 requiring them to outline pandemic safety plans that met the administration’s minimum requirements by the end of the week.
Biden seeks a $15 minimum wage for feds and contractors January 22 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors. (iStock/Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to boost the economy by pursuing a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. “If we act now, the economy will be stronger in both the short and long run,” Biden said of the orders he signed Friday. “If we act now, we will be better able to meet our moral obligations to each other as Americans.” The order instructs the Office of Personnel Management to develop recommendations to agencies that would ensure as many as possible are paid at least $15 per hour.
Biden orders restoration of federal employee protections January 22 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to overturn previous Trump administration union restrictions and to guarantee a higher minimum wage. (Alex Brandon/AP) President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that overturned former President Donald Trump’s May 2018 orders to restrict federal collective bargaining. The previous orders, which were the subject of several lawsuits and labor practice challenges, mandated a more constrained use of official time, required agencies to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements under strict parameters and made it easier to fire federal employees. Under the just-signed order, agencies will no longer be required to pursue such stringent negotiations with federal unions.
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email Biden Signs Executive Order Killing Schedule F, Restoring Collective Bargaining Rights
The president also named Federal Labor Relations Authority Member Ernest DuBester to serve as the agency’s chairman.
Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Biden signed an executive order Friday afternoon rescinding a series of orders issued by former President Trump aimed at gutting federal employee unions and stripping federal workers of their civil service protections.
The Trump administration was aggressive in its approach to the federal workforce, and labor groups in particular. In 2018, Trump signed a series of executive orders seeking to make it easier to fire federal workers, streamline labor-management negotiations and restrict the scope of collective bargaining, and severely restricting the use of official time.