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Washington D.C. – Federal employees would be able to donate paid leave to their colleagues who are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida if the administration established emergency leave transfer programs, as requested by NTEU. NTEU National President Tony Reardon on Monday asked the White House to allow federal agencies to create the special programs, ...

This year’s Labor Day celebrations will likely be much smaller and more subdued than this first one nearly 140 years ago, due to the ongoing pandemic. But your contributions to our country over the past year could not be more impressive, crucial and worthy of celebrating. If not for you, our country would not be able to keep functioning, moving forward and ...

For federal employees in need, financial help is available through the NTEU Disaster Fund, administered through the Federal Employee Education and Assistance (FEEA) Fund. Grants are available to help with temporary lodging expenses and severe damage to homes not covered by insurance. Applications are available online here. If you would like to donate ...

Here are highlights: -The FAQs reiterate that agencies are required to offer a minimum of four hours of administrative leave to receive any dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; -Agencies must offer employees up to two days of administrative leave to recover from adverse reactions related to any COVID-19 dose; and -Agencies must grant up to four hours of ...

The panel is a component of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) tasked with resolving bargaining impasses between unions and federal agencies. The appointees’ experience in federal labor-management relations makes them well-qualified for their role in reaching fair resolutions to bargaining impasses. In February, President Biden demanded the ...

If you’re heading out, keep in mind that reservations are required at some popular destinations to prevent overcrowding. NPS is also doing virtual activities to mark the occasion, so you can celebrate from anywhere. If you can’t make this one, there are still two “fee-free” days remaining—National Public Lands Day on Sep. 25 and Veterans Day on Nov. 11.  ...

Employees at any NTEU-represented agency can apply to receive up to $500 in grants from the NTEU Disaster Fund, administered through the Federal Employee Education and Assistance (FEEA) Fund. The grants can be used to help pay for temporary lodging and major home repairs not covered by insurance. Details and an application are available on FEEA’s website or ...

The report from OPM’s Retirement Services covers FERS and CSRS from fiscal year 2019 through July 2021. The results show significant increases in the following error types for retirement packages received under both federal retirement systems: Top FERS Mistakes SF 2821 (Agency Certification of Insurance Status for Federal Employees Group Life Insurance) ...

Vincent L. Connery Memorial Membership Award As NTEU’s first national president from 1967-83, Vince Connery built what has become our nationwide network of local and national leaders, making him a genuine NTEU pioneer. The award goes to those chapters that have followed in Vince’s footsteps to build their own networks and help grow the union, one member at a ...

Overall 1. Chapter 173 (CBP Detroit) 2. Chapter 193 (IRS Puerto Rico) 3. Chapter 97 (IRS Fresno) BU of up to 500: Chapter 49 (IRS Indiana) BU 501-750: Chapter 34 (IRS Pitt)/ Chapter 296 (NPS HQ) BU 751-1,500: Chapter 335 (CFPB) BU 1,500+: Chapter 224 (OHO)/(Chapter 137 (CBP Miami)

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Credentials Committee Chair: Heidi Tien, Chapter 155 Co-Chair: Barbara Taylor, Chapter 222 Joan Klein, Chapter 15 Donna Roberts, Chapter 18 Candis Cardenas, Chapter 46 Nominations and Elections Committee Chair: Dana Brewer, Chapter 52 Co-Chair: Anand Muni, Chapter 165 Kerri Pellegrini, Chapter 6 LaKisha Murphy, Chapter 26 Elizabeth O’Neal, Chapter 40 David ...

Effective Aug. 15, policyholders who sign up for the program will receive a $50 Kaiser Permanente Health Payment Card once their Kaiser Permanente medical record reflects they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 31. The credit can be used to pay for medical expenses, including copays, dental treatment, prescription eyeglasses and contact ...

Grundmann has extensive experience in labor-management relations, including more than 20 years litigating and advising clients on labor and employment matters. Rumsfeld is especially well-qualified for the General Counsel role, having served in the FLRA Office of General Counsel for many years.  The FLRA has been without a permanent General Counsel for ...

One of these “extraordinary measures” is to suspend investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and reinvestment of Treasury securities held by the TSP’s G-Fund. While these “disinvestments” concern many employees and retirees, they can earn the same interest and withdraw or borrow against their money as usual. And under federal law, the ...

“The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the complexities of maintaining regular government operations while also protecting the health and safety of the employees who provide those services," Reardon wrote. "By far, the most successful safety protocol these last 16 months has been the federal government’s maximum telework posture, allowing tens of thousands of ...

Washington D.C. – The Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to abandon harmful workplace policies unilaterally enforced during the last administration and repair the relationship with its frontline workforce represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The joint announcement between NTEU and HHS ends four years of contentious legal ...

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The 38-page document includes frequently-asked questions on telework, remote work, locality pay and other post-reentry issues. It reinforces previous guidance strongly encouraging agencies to expand telework based on experiences during the last 15 months. The deadline to submit office reentry and post-pandemic workforce plans to the White House passed last ...

In a recent congressional hearing, some members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee criticized pending legislation calling a program of this kind “enhanced work perks for federal bureaucrats” who “already enjoy a lavish set of benefits.” “In what should have been a measured, thoughtful policy debate about paid family leave for federal employees,  a ...

This year marks the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund’s 35th anniversary of providing federal families with disaster relief, emergency hardship loans and scholarships. To help celebrate, all summer long Blue Cross Blue Shield will be matching individual donations made to FEEA. Donate today at FEEA.org, and help this charity reach its goal of ...

NTEU is fighting for 12 weeks of paid family leave for federal employees—and we need you to speak up, right now. Thousands have already written to their elected officials advocating for paid family leave. Join them here.

Beginning July 1, eligible members who provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination will receive a $75 credit to their GEHA wellness account. That credit could be put towards medical co-pays, prescription drugs, eyeglasses, contacts, X-rays and more. The program is retroactive to 2020 so all eligible GEHA members who received a COVID-19 vaccine prior to ...

Let’s work together to end this pandemic. Call 800-232-0233 or visit vaccines.gov to find a COVID-19 vaccine near you.

Washington D.C. – A House subcommittee has deferred to President Biden’s plan to give federal employees a 2.7 percent pay increase in 2022, but Congress or the White House can still act on the average 3.2 percent increase that the National Treasury Employees Union has endorsed.   The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General ...

Washington D.C. – A medical crisis at home would no longer force federal employees to choose between their paychecks and their families if Congress approved a comprehensive paid leave program, according to testimony submitted today by NTEU National President Tony Reardon.    Reardon’s statement was provided to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which ...

Chairwoman Maloney and Ranking Member Comer, on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents approximately 150,000 federal employees across 34 federal agencies, I want to thank you for holding today’s hearing on the importance of paid family leave for federal employees.  As noted in the Hamilton Project’s 2021 policy paper A Proposal for a ...

NTEU congratulates Ahuja on her confirmation as director of the Office of Personnel Management. She has a long record of public service and the knowledge and experience that OPM needs to guide human resource policy. Of particular importance to federal employees is her commitment to protecting the non-partisan civil service and ensuring it reflects the ...

“We treated our members to tacos and a drink, passed out our new shirts and gave them a commemorative bag with a few goodies inside,” said Chapter Vice President Marcella Gutierrez, who organized the socially distanced, in-person celebration. In 2017, the IRS announced it was phasing out the submission processing function at three IRS locations. Chapter 97 ...

The guidance comes as President Biden signed legislation this afternoon establishing June 19 as a federal holiday marking the anniversary of the end of slavery. OPM’s memo addresses several topics for full- and part-time federal employees related to the holiday this year. The memo includes guidance on “in-lieu-of” holidays, holiday premium pay, previously ...

The Senate unanimously passed the legislation yesterday. The holiday becomes effective when the president signs it into law. It is unclear when that will happen but it is not expected to become law in time for federal employees to observe the holiday this year. NTEU welcomes this recognition of an important and meaningful date in our nation’s history. On June ...

Washington D.C. – Long-term staffing shortages continue to pose major challenges for the Customs and Border Protection employees who work at the nation’s ports of entry, NTEU National President Tony Reardon told Congress today.   “The security issue of utmost concern to CBP Office of Field Operations employees are the funding challenges that contribute to ...

Chairwoman Sinema, Ranking Member Lankford, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today.  As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) ...

However, the June 10 guidance from the administration represents a solid start to the long process of making sure there will be improvements in safety protocols at the workplace and favorable updates to employees’ work schedules and conditions. NTEU will work to ensure that agencies follow this guidance. In particular, the guidance makes clear that no major ...

Starting this Friday, eligible members – those over the age of 18 with an FEP MyBlue account – will receive $50 on their MyBlue Wellness Card when they provide official documentation of their COVID-19 vaccination record. Those funds can be used to purchase qualified medical expenses. Learn more about FEP’s incentive program here. NTEU is doing its part to ...

The 2022 budget proposal includes: - A 2.7 percent average pay increase for federal employees. While this is a step in the right direction, NTEU is working with Congress to pass the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act (H.R. 392 and S. 561) which would provide federal employees a 3.2 percent average pay increase next year. -A paid family leave program ...

WASHINGTON –The frontline federal workforce, made up of hundreds of thousands of middle-class civil servants from all 50 states, is battling low morale, heavier workloads and concern about agency missions, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Overall, the findings illustrate the challenges NTEU faces to make ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees would receive higher pay, expanded benefits and greater resources at the workplace under President Biden’s first budget proposal released today. The proposal includes a 2.7 percent average pay increase for federal employees in 2022, a paid family leave program that would help working Americans care for critically ill family ...

Washington D.C. – Bipartisan legislation to preserve the merit-based federal civil service, endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union, was approved today by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.    The Preventing a Patronage System Act, sponsored by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), would require the approval of ...

During the special enrollment period, from June 1-30, employees may enroll for the first time and participants may increase or decrease their current elections. Here are some other important plan flexibilities in response to recent legislation and guidance from the Internal Revenue Service: FSAFEDS is allowing unlimited carryover for ...

Washington D.C. – The Biden administration’s detailed, long-range plan to crack down on tax evasion, apply the tax code more fully and fairly, and improve customer service is a strong justification for new investments in the IRS and its workforce, according to the National Treasury Employees Union.    The Treasury Department on Thursday released an exhaustive ...

Washington D.C. – Customs and Border Protection needs $160 million in fiscal year 2022 to hire enough officers, inspectors and trade personnel to alleviate staffing shortages at the ports of entry, plus extra funding to replace user fee shortfalls caused by the pandemic, NTEU National President Tony Reardon told Congress Wednesday.   "NTEU greatly appreciates ...

Chairman Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member Fleischmann, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade ...

Washington D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union applauds House passage of bipartisan legislation to help protect federal employees from discrimination during pregnancy.   The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act strengthens procedures and policies to make sure pregnant employees in the public and private sector receive reasonable accommodations in the ...

Washington D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents scientists and researchers in multiple federal agencies, strongly supports the new Scientific Integrity Task Force created by President Biden to shield their work from political and partisan influence.  The task force, led by the White House Office of Science and Technology, is scheduled ...

Washington D.C. – Federal agencies would be required to publish specific safety plans for protecting the health of federal employees as office buildings reopen, according to legislation that now awaits a vote by the full House.  The Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act (H.R. 978), which is endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union, passed the House ...

National President Tony Reardon celebrated the milestone with a video message congratulating this special organization. Watch here. NTEU is a founding member of FEEA and continues to proudly support its mission as the only charity devoted solely to providing emergency financial assistance and scholarships to dedicated civilian federal and postal public ...

The Federal Academic Alliance program now partners with 23 colleges and universities to offer federal employees, and in some cases their family members, discounted tuition rates and scholarships. The new agreements are with American University Key Executive Leadership Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Bellevue University, Columbia College, Georgetown ...

Over the 20-minute interview, Reardon discussed how NTEU empowers federal employees and improves their everyday working lives. “Frontline workers have the best viewpoint for how to improve government services and their union helps them to be heard and makes it safe for them to express their viewpoints,” he said. “We need in this country, the best and ...

The Office of Personnel Management last week issued the long-awaited guidance on using the new benefit. To help NTEU members navigate increasingly complex issues surrounding leave, we have compiled a compact, two-page explainer that covers various types of paid and unpaid leave options. Your health and safety are of paramount importance to NTEU. This ...

To kick off the event, National President Tony Reardon has a special video message for NTEU members: Celebrated the first full week of May since 1985, PSRW is a time set aside each year to honor the integral role of federal, state, county and local government employees. On Friday, President Biden issued a proclamation to commemorate the beginning of PSRW ...

Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo and members of the Committee, thank you for allowing NTEU to submit its thoughts on methods to improve service delivery at the Social Security Administration.  NTEU represents approximately 150,000 federal employees in 34 agencies including 1,900 attorneys and paralegals in the Social Security Administration’s Office of ...

Clearly this administration believes that with the proper tools and resources, the federal government can be a force for progress when it comes to public health, economic recovery, national security and many other pressing issues. For example, the more than 10.4 percent proposed increase in the IRS budget – with a special focus on customer service and ...

Washington D.C. – The federal employees who handle appeals of Social Security disability claims would be better equipped to serve taxpayers if they had greater access to telework, rural broadband was expanded and the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program was functioning properly, according to a statement NTEU submitted to Congress today.  The SSA ...

Washington D.C. – Steady, long-term investments in the IRS workforce, as proposed today by President Biden, will equip the agency to catch more tax dodgers, collect the revenue that is rightfully owed and build confidence that the tax code is enforced fully and fairly on all Americans.  “It is common sense that having more revenue officers and revenue agents ...