Blumenthal seeks probe amid whistleblower claims at VA facility where 2 workers died in accident December 15, 2020 Veterans Affairs Police guard the entrance to a maintenance facility after an apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Haven, Conn., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (Robert Bumsted/AP) Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday he’s seeking an investigation by the Veterans’ Administration Office of the Inspector General into alleged unsafe working conditions at the West Haven VA hospital, where two workers were killed last month by the rapid release of hot water vapor during maintenance work on the facility’s steam system.
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Court also issues another defeat to President Trump s signature civil service reform law.
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Top career executives in federal government have limited recourse when appealing adverse actions against them, a federal court recently affirmed in a precedent-setting ruling.
Senior Executive Service employees are not entitled to the same suite of due process protections as most federal workers, as their appointment to the highest ranks of the civil service is under constant review for good performance. Maria Esparraguera, an SES employee in the Army, sought to challenge that differentiation, suggesting she was entitled to judicial review of her demotion, just as lower ranking federal workers would be.
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NTEU publishes recommendations for the presidential transition, encouraging an end to President Trump’s antagonism of unions.
The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union said Monday that President-elect Biden should move swiftly to pursue a collaborative relationship with federal employee unions as he seeks to “repair the damage” caused by the Trump administration across the government.
NTEU has published a series of recommendations for Biden’s transition team entitled “United for America,” which argues that the one of the most important things that the new administration can do to achieve its goals is to re-empower the federal workforce and roll back the Trump administration’s efforts to hamper collective bargaining and other employee rights.