There was a time when workers wereat the mercy of their employersregarding job-related safety and benefits, to say nothing of hiring and promotions. However, a push for employee rights gained momentum in the 20th century, resulting in a series of important labor protection laws that millions of...
After 30 years of relative harmony, union and management trustees of the $5.5-billion Western Conference of Teamsters pension fund find themselves embroiled in a serious fight that has gone into the courts. Unlike the Central States pension fund for Teamsters, which has been accused over the year...
The MSPB has rejected an appeal by an employee in a case of alleged whistleblower retaliation on grounds that the …More House Passes Bill to Repeal GPO, WEP; Fate in Senate Uncertain Published: November 13, 2024 UPDATED: The House has passed a bill (HR-82) to repeal the Social Security...
If you are a full-time employee who has less than three years of service, you earn 13 days of annual leave per year (4 hours per pay period); if you have more than three but fewer than 15, you earn 20 days (6 hours per pay period); and if you have 15 or more years, you ea...
Federal Regulators Investigate Use of Employee Pension Funds.The article reports that U.S. labor officials are investigating whether Aloha Airlines illegally used employee pension funds to pay bank loans, in February 2006.EBSCO_bspWall Street Journal Eastern Edition...
Dallen Haws at Haws Federal Advisors helps Federal Employees make the most out of their TSP, FERS Pension, Social Security, and Federal Retirement.
From a small business perspective, Waters is also looking to see if the budget will advance a proposal that would introduce a $10M capital gains exemption on the sale of small businesses to an employee ownership trust. Given that the proposal was first mentioned in November’s Fall Economic St...
First, be open about what is working and what is not working for Millennials in government. The easiest way to do that is to increase the amount of publicly available data on age-specific recruitment, retention, and employee development. For recruitment, an open accounting of yearly trends in...
the transaction is a “qualifying business transfer” (as defined in Bill C-59) in which the trust acquiring the shares is not already an EOT or a similar trust with employee beneficiaries; throughout the 24 months immediately preceding the qualifying business transfer, (a) the transferred share...
Specifically, the Union sought the installation of an ice and water machine in the employee break room. After attempts to informally resolve the issue were unsuccessful, the Union submitted a formal demand to bargain. The parties requested assistance from the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP)...