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Two of the cases feature NTEU’s successful work in getting employees at the National Park Service and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency the higher performance evaluations they deserved. In fact, NTEU leaders are now using the OCC case to help other employees experiencing issues with their performance evaluations. Read more stories of how NTEU has ...

The event was part of NTEU’s Legislative Conference, which allowed more than 100 union members to attend and pay tribute before the wall that bears the names of 23,229 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. National President Tony Reardon was joined by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller in honoring ...

Here are the limits for next year: - The annual contribution limit will remain $19,500. -The contributions to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) stays at $6,000. -The catch-up contribution limit for those aged 50 and over remains at $6,500. What is changing for participants is that starting next year, employees will no longer need to make separate ...

Increasing Federal Pay Supporting an 8.7 percent average increase in 2024 Protecting and Enhancing Benefits Fighting for paid family leave Blocking efforts to reduce retirement benefits while increasing employee contributions Opposing shifting additional costs to FEHBP enrollees Ensuring Agency Funding Calling for adequate funding for our agencies Advocating ...

Here are some of the major changes included in the Office of Personnel Management’s public health emergency transition guidelines to FEHBP carriers: FEHBP plans must continue to cover laboratory and over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests, but may impose cost-sharing (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) and medical management ...

The Public Service Reform Act, reintroduced by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, would make career federal employees at-will employees who can be easily fired and strip them of their civil service protections. The bill would abolish the Merit Systems Protection Board, where federal employees can take their concerns about due process ...

Washington D.C.  – The National Treasury Employees Union today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to help protect American consumers from fraud by allowing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remain open and rejecting claims that the agency’s funding structure is unconstitutional.  In a brief NTEU filed today at the Supreme Court, the union argued a lower ...

Last week, the House Financial Services Committee reported out a bill (H.R. 2798) that would make CFPB subject to appropriations. When CFPB was created, Congress directed that its funding come from the Federal Reserve to protect its independence. NTEU will strongly urge representatives to oppose H.R. 2798 if it comes before the full House for a vote. In ...

The fitness center was shut down at the start of the pandemic for safety reasons. But in the spring of 2021, as employees began returning to the office, it remained closed. Chapter 66 President Shannon Ellis began receiving questions and complaints from employees who wanted to use the fitness center. Although the agency ordered employees back to the office, ...

A representative from United Benefits was on hand for the chapter meeting to answer questions on benefits and retirement.