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FEVS, administered by the Office of Personnel Management, asks employees for their views on their work, agencies, supervisors, senior leaders, job satisfaction and work-life programs. The survey also measures employee satisfaction across the government. Last week, OPM released the governmentwide results. NTEU wants to highlight our top three data points from ...

In a memo issued Oct. 8, OPM identified “work-life supports as one of the major drivers of employee engagement.” But, management at some NTEU-represented agencies must have missed the memo. At the Department of Health and Human Services and Social Security Administration, management has worked to eviscerate telework rights that have allowed employees to ...

Chairman Connolly, Ranking Member Meadows and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for allowing NTEU to share its thoughts on how the government can build the most effective workforce, attract skilled and talented individuals, and engage federal employees throughout their careers. As National President of NTEU, I represent 150,000 federal employees in 33 ...

Washington D.C. – Preserving the civil service as an institution based on merit, offering competitive pay and benefits and effective employee engagement are keys to building and maintaining a highly skilled federal workforce, NTEU President Tony Reardon told Congress today. In a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government ...

According to a Sept. 4 memo, an agency may grant weather and safety leave when it has determined that employees cannot safely travel to, or perform work at, their normal worksite, a telework site or other approved location because of severe weather. However, “employees with the ability to telework will not receive weather and safety leave as they are not ...

“As we experience severe heat and humidity this summer, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to remind Federal agencies to be proactive in protecting the health and well‑being of our employees,” Acting Director Margaret Weichert wrote Tuesday in a memo to agencies. Ironically, ...

Washington D.C. – Scaling back telework at the Department of Health and Human Services would increase commuting times, reduce productivity and prompt many employees to consider leaving the agency, according to an employee survey conducted by the National Treasury Employees Union. NTEU shared the survey results with HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a letter on Monday ...

Washington D.C. – Today marked a historic new beginning for employees at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the agency and the National Treasury Employees Union formally signed the first-ever collective bargaining agreement between the two organizations. “I want to thank Chairman Giancarlo for this opportunity to jointly sign this contract and begin ...