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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Legal Insider: OPM issues new rules affecting federal employees - ARLnow

Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.

By John V. Berry, Esq.

Pursuant to the Biden Administration’s changes to personnel law for federal employees, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has just issued new proposed regulations to rescind many of the prior Administration’s federal employee rule changes. The changes by OPM were those put into motion earlier this year when the President revoked Executive Order 13839 by signing Executive Order 14003. The President, in Executive Order 14003 directed OPM to suspend, revise, or rescind actions implementing Executive Order 13839.

OPM’s new rules will affect federal employees in a few ways and will likely be fully implemented as soon as the short comment period is over. The changes will eliminate the clean record settlement ban, alter performance-based actions, revise probationary period notices, and change a few other personnel issues for federal employees. By far, the most important change is the ability for federal agencies to enter into clear record settlements with federal employees in cases.

Major Changes for Federal Employees

OPM’s proposed rules will rescind several parts of the former Administration changes to civil service rules, including the following:

  • Clean Record Settlements: This is the change that everyone has been waiting for. The prior Administration...


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