“First they went after employees on probation, then it was those deemed unsuitable for their jobs, and now they want to deny third-party review of any proposed reductions-in-force.”
In today’s Federal Register, OPM has issued another proposed rule that would impact federal workers. The Office of Personnel Management proposes to transfer appeal rights for employees who have been furloughed more than 30 days, separated, or demoted by a RIF action from the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) to OPM. OPM states in the proposal that it “expects this change will promote greater efficiency and reduce costs to agencies in effectuating RIF actions, which may be necessary in a variety of circumstances, such as to eliminate duplicative or unnecessary functions or align agency workforces with new technology, changing mission needs, or budgetary constraints.”
“Free reign to terminate.” However, AFGE, which is the largest federal employee union, representing 820,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia, contends that the newest proposed rule change is “part of a deliberate attempt to dismantle the nonpartisan civil service.”
“Eliminating independent review of federal RIF actions would not only make it harder for employees to challenge their proposed terminations,” says AFGE National President Everett Kelley, “but would essentially give the administration free rein to terminate huge swaths of the federal workforce without meaningful...
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