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Gig Workers and Workers' Compensation: What You Need to Know in 2025
The job landscape for gig workers is changing. With an increased demand for freelancers and workers with specific skills, ...
For federal workers, Trump’s return-to-office order amounts to an unwelcome pay cut
The approaching return to full-time in-person work will cost remote and hybrid workers hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars ...
Trump admin. orders federal DEI program employees to be placed on paid leave
All diversity, equity and inclusion federal employees are to be placed on paid leave no later than Wednesday evening, the ...
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Issue New “Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers”
The FTC and DOJ have updated 2016 antitrust guidelines regarding antitrust issues implicated by certain kinds of agreements impacting employees ...
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FLSA Does Not Require Higher Standard of Proof for Employers to Demonstrate Employee Exempt Status Under the FLSA
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved a split among federal Circuit Courts and found employers need only demonstrate by ...
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Burchett, Cohen reintroduce bill to force TVA salary disclosures and 'remove the secrecy'
TVA's highest-paid employee, CEO Jeff Lyash, made $8.1 million in direct pay and $10.5 million in total compensation in 2024. He is also the highest paid federal employee, though his salary comes from ...
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DOL Expands Protections for Female Federal Firefighters
ovarian and basal cell carcinoma to the list of presumptive conditions covered under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). The change addresses gender-specific health risks linked to ...
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Some federal retirees lament being left behind as employee dental plan improves
While all federal employees, retirees and their dependants share the same Public Service Health Care Plan for medical and vision care administered by Canada Life, there are two separate dental plans.
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Biden to close federal agencies Jan. 9 for Carter day of mourning
Much like the executive order Biden signed on Dec. 19 giving federal employees a day off for Christmas Eve, the measure covers all executive departments and agencies, except employees in ...
The Hill23d
A federal telework success story faces uncertain future
In the wake of shifting workplace dynamics during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, federal employees find themselves at the center of a debate about telework. The U.S. Department of Labor is among ...
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Most federal employees will have Jan. 9 off in observance of Jimmy Carter: What to know
Most federal employees will have a day off work in early January in observance of former President Jimmy Carter's death, President Joe Biden announced Monday. Carter died Sunday at age 100 in his ...
The Oklahoman23d
Jimmy Carter's Day of Mourning: Will federal employees have the day off?
Although specific orders have not yet been disseminated throughout the federal government, it's likely that federal employees will be excused from work on Jan. 9. When a U.S. president dies, it's ...