The administration is planning to remove civil service protections from certain federal workers, which would allow some positions now held by highly skilled personnel to be reclassified so they could be filled based on loyalty to the administration rather than expertise. The move could ...

Letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum regarding Seasonal Staffing of National Parks ...

Hiring Freeze Snarling Plans for Managing Return of Huge Summer Crowds ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which supports public employees whose work involves the environment, natural resources, and public health, are trying to help workers one at a time. “We’re getting inundated with calls from public employees about how to address ...

Employees on administrative leave are still on salary and get benefits. Federal agencies are only allowed to place employees on administrative leave for 10 days in a calendar year, according to Peter Jenkins, senior counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It is ...