Government Executive
email OPM Implements Recent Pay and Benefits Changes
Acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan highlighted changes related to paid leave, premium pay, allowances related to military service and more.
The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday reminded agencies of changes to federal workers’ pay and benefits that were enacted into law as part of a pair of packages in late 2020, chief among them technical corrections to ensure that a new paid parental leave policy applied to all federal workers.
In a memo to agency heads, acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan highlighted a number of federal workforce provisions that were included in the omnibus spending package to keep the government open until Sept. 30 and the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Biden administration will announce a slate of political appointees to the Office of Personnel Management on Monday, and more than 85% of them identify as people of color, women or LGBTQ, according to a copy of the list obtained by Axios. Why.
Government Executive
email OPM Proposes Prioritizing Job Performance Over Tenure in Layoffs
Officials at the Office of Personnel Management are seeking to finalize a provision of President Trump’s controversial workforce executive orders before he leaves office.
A proposed rule published in the
Federal Registerwould implement a provision of President Trump’s May 2018 executive order streamlining the federal firing process that says agencies should consider performance over seniority when processing reductions in force. President-elect Biden has vowed to reverse the order, along with a slew of other anti-union executive actions, when he takes office next month.
Currently, when agencies institute a reduction in force, they consider type of employment whether a worker is a career, probationary or term employee followed by veterans’ preference, length of service and performance. The results of employees annual performance reviews are converted to what are