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VA health care workers will be required to get COVID-19 vaccines to keep their jobs
Medical staff will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated under the new rule.
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OPM encourages agencies to rethink standard telework policies
The era of maximum federal telework may be coming to a close, but the Office of Personnel Management has encouraged agencies to reevaluate their workplace flexibilities for the future of work.
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VA and employee union agree to reset bargaining negotiations
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Federation of Government Employees signed an agreement July 20 to set aside conflicts during the Trump administration in order to come to a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Federal paid leave expansion advances in the House
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act would allow federal employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off for personal medical challenges, to care for a sick family member or to prepare for a family member's deployment with the armed forces.
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Federal HR council operations restored solely to OPM
The Office of Personnel management will now be the only agency responsible for the activities of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council.
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US probes rash of health incidents among diplomats in Vienna
Some of the symptoms are similar to those first reported by U.S. diplomats and spies in Havana, Cuba, in 2016 and 2017.
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Contract workers protest employment changes at the Census Bureau
Contract custodial staff gathered outside the Census Bureau headquarters July 15 to protest changes a new contractor has made to their employment.
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IRS funding has become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’
The lack of resources at the IRS has led the agency to focus more on the "easy" audits, which then leads Congress to predominantly see the low-value tax problems, rather than high-value audits.
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VA police reforms slowed by confusing bureaucracy
VA police officials said more reforms are coming to help simplify the force's chain of command.
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Pandemic exposed strain from VA benefit appeals caseloads
The metric for success for attorneys at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals has changed every year, making the task of meeting such expectations that much harder.
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