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Washington D.C. – Federal employees who have been teleworking since March would continue to work from home throughout the pandemic and agencies would be encouraged to expand telework to more employees under legislation that passed the House late Thursday. The telework provisions are part of the condensed version of the HEROES Act, which originally passed the ...

Washington D.C. – Nine members of Congress from the Washington region are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to suspend its plans to reopen federal buildings and require teleworking employees to return before office conditions are safe.   “The Federal Government has a responsibility as a model employer to show American businesses how to safely reopen in ...

Washington D.C. – The federal government would protect more of its workforce from COVID-19 and better serve taxpayers under bipartisan legislation introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.   The Pandemic Federal Telework Act of 2020, from Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), ...

Washington D.C. – Frontline federal employees would have a stronger voice in protecting their own health and safety in the workplace under legislation introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act would create formal task forces across government to review ...

The Senate proposal includes provisions that impact NTEU-represented agencies including $1.6 billion in supplemental funding for CBP to make up for the loss of user fees due to reduced trade and travel during the pandemic. It also includes $2 billion in supplemental funding for the IRS for business systems modernization through fiscal year 2025 and $320 ...

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin of Maryland and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine from Virginia sent a letter to the administration opposing plans to require many federal employees in the national capital region—and nationwide— to return to their worksites. “The current guidance is encouraging agencies to end maximum telework prematurely,” the ...

Washington D.C. – The administration’s plan to send teleworking federal employees back to their offices while coronavirus infections are on the rise is a threat to their health and safety, according to all four U.S. Senators from Virginia and Maryland. In a Thursday letter, Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin of Maryland and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim ...