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The four new locality pay areas proposed are Fresno-Madera-Hanford, CA; Reno-Fernley, NV; Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY; and Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID. Locality pay rates for these four areas would be set by the president after they have been established by regulation as new locality pay areas.   The President’s Pay Agent in December ...

Republicans on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government passed their spending bill, which now moves to the full Appropriations Committee for further consideration. Here’s what’s in the bill: A provision that forces federal agencies to return to pre-pandemic telework and remote work policies. ...

That’s because federal employees will end up with 27 pay periods for the 2023 calendar year, rather than the usual 26. Since the leave year will end on January 13, 2024, most federal employees will accrue an additional 4, 6, or 8 hours of annual leave in the 2023 leave year based on each individual employee’s annual leave accrual rate, according to a memo ...

Last year alone, CFPB received more than 66,400 service member complaints, a 55 percent increase compared to 2021, and a 62 percent increase compared to 2020. Servicemembers submitted more than 1,100 payment app complaints, one of the fastest-growing complaint types submitted to the CFPB. There was also a sharp rise in identity theft that led to unauthorized ...

Among other harmful changes, the House Republican Study Committee calls for ending annual across-the-board pay raises; reducing the amount of paid leave; making it easier to fire federal employees; reducing or eliminating cost-of-living adjustments for FERS and CSRS retirees; and increasing employees' contributions to FEHBP. “The authors of this proposal ...

Washington D.C.  – Critical taxpayer services would be lost under fiscal year 2024 budget cuts approved today by a House subcommittee and opposed by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government passed a government spending bill today, over the objections of Democrats, that would ...

Are you interested in improving your workplace? Wondering how NTEU could help you? When you think of union members you might not think of yourself. But increasingly, union members are also lawyers, CPAs, bank examiners, IT experts, scientists, doctors and researchers. The fact is that the quality of your work life can be dramatically improved by union ...

Members recently voted overwhelmingly in favor and all chapters unanimously ratified the agreement, a significant milestone after years of contentious legal battles. Some of the new contract highlights include:    More options for alternative work schedules and flexible work schedules.    Expanded Child Care Subsidy Program eligibility – the total ...

Speight currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy. Previously, she spent eight years as a regional director at FLRA’s Atlanta office and, before that, with the FLRA’s Office of General Counsel. “Ms. Speight’s work experience is well-suited to filling the final vacancy at the three-member FLRA, an agency that ...

A resolution introduced yesterday congratulates NTEU on this milestone and recognizes the dedication and continued service of NTEU members. It was introduced by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and cosponsored by Reps. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Greg Landsman (D-OH) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).  Sen. Tammy ...

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 ...

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 ...