The Office of Personnel Management is set to propose new regulations in the coming weeks seeking to significantly quicken the pace of agency reductions in force. The plan creates a new formula for determining which employees within a RIF are retained, based on the weighted sum of their three most ...

A pair of Republicans were the final signatures needed for a bipartisan discharge petition in support of legislation that would strike down President Trump’s executive orders aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights.  These EOs have been tied up in litigation since they were ...

Congress is considering a proposal to reverse some federal employee layoffs as part of a deal to reopen government, lawmakers said on Thursday, as negotiations continue to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  GovExec ...

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from carrying out layoffs during the government shutdown, saying the president’s actions were likely unlawful and taken for the purposes of political retribution. The White House’s argument that agencies are no longer required to carry out certain programs during a ...

As we approach the one-month mark since the start of the government shutdown, here’s a rundown of actions AFGE and our allies are taking to challenge the administration’s actions and provide you and your families with the resources and support you need during this difficult time: /https://www.afge.org/article/shutdown-update-5-things-to-know-this-week/ ...