Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Rules that will make it easier for federal employees to be promoted without spending a certain amount of time in their current paygrade are finalized and will ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new governmentwide strategic recruitment plan for fiscal years (FY) ...

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) upheld a third-party arbitrator’s finding that the Department of Health and ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Agencies are updating essay questions for federal job seekers following a court ruling, replacing a question about a candidate’s favorite executive order of ...

Written By Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. A new bill aims to standardize the telework request process for federal employees and establish an appeals process for requests that are denied. The Federal ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. A third-party arbitrator ordered the U.S. Forest Service to restore telework and remote work agreements for roughly 20,000 employees represented by the National ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is ending flexible work schedules months after it suspended advanced annual leave. Starting November 16, 2026, ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Trump administration reached a settlement with a coalition of federal employee unions, formally withdrawing its policy of using the 2025 government shutdown ...

Written By Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is scaling back performance bonuses for some employees while also beginning preparations to convert certain ...

Written By Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Congress is halfway home in the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations process, passing six of the 12 bills to fund the government and avoid a partial government ...

Written By Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Getting more Americans involved in public service, including military service, is the goal of legislation introduced once again in both houses of Congress. The ...

Written By Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed changes to excepted-service hiring rules to align them with Trump administration executive orders. The proposal ...