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Federal employee protections included in new COVID relief bill

Federal employee protections included in new COVID relief bill March 10 Federal employees exposed to or dealing with the fallout from COVID-19 will have more options under the just-passed legislation. (J. Scott Applewhite, File/AP) Federal employees received specific carve-outs in the COVID-19 legislation that Congress sent to the president’s desk Wednesday, including those that protect employees in the case of COVID-related illness or emergency. The legislation would mandate an automatic presumption of workplace illness for federal employees that currently work on the front lines and fall sick with COVID-19. Such automatic presumptions make it easier for employees or their survivors to receive workers compensation.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Biden admin tells agencies to engage unions

Published: Monday, March 8, 2021 Union workers. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Government Employees at a silent protest on Capitol Hill in February 2020. Francis Chung/E&E News The Biden administration is encouraging agencies to reengage with federal worker unions. On Friday, the Office of Personnel Management released new guidance related to President Biden s executive order on the federal workforce, which revoked a trio of orders by former President Trump that had restricted union rights. The memo, quoting Biden s order, says career employees are the backbone of the federal workforce, and it s the policy of the United States to encourage union organizing and collective bargaining.

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