Social Security Payroll Tax, Other Figures Rising
Several key figures are increasing for 2026 in the Social Security program affecting both current employees and retirees. For the former group, the 6.2| FEDweek
The Pentagon has acted to accelerate the firing of civilian employees on performance grounds, meanwhile issuing guidance likely to result ...More The article Pentagon Acts to Accelerate Firings of Civilian Employees on Performance Grounds was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A Pentagon policy memo to encourage management to fire employees on charges of poor performance and to speed up the ...More The article DoD to Offer Incentives for Employees to Bypass Challenges to Firing was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A federal judge’s order blocking indefinitely RIF notices issued since the start of the partial government shutdown October 1—even if ...More The article Court Order Blocking Shutdown RIFs Cites ‘Chaotic’ Situation in Agencies was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
Several key figures are increasing for 2026 in the Social Security program affecting both current employees and retirees. For the former group, the 6.2| FEDweek
Federal agencies have received the green light to restart mass layoffs. On July 8, the Supreme Court lifted a lower-court injunction, allowing the| FEDweek
GSA has announced that there will be no changes in the per diem rates for federal employees traveling on official business in fiscal year 2026, starting| FEDweek
OPM has generally limited to 12 weeks the time an agency can put an employee on administrative leave for “workforce realignment purposes,” although that| FEDweek
OPM has issued a wide-ranging set of changes to federal employee performance ratings policies including a requirement that employees be evaluated on their| FEDweek
An OPM memo to agencies revising many of the policies governing performance evaluations of federal employees (see related story) includes an emphasis on| FEDweek
OPM has proposed rules under which it could fire employees of other agencies on grounds that they are unsuitable for federal employment on misconduct| FEDweek
OPM has ordered a range of hiring policy changes that range from routine steps to address long-recognized issues--such as the often-daunting length of the| FEDweek
New questions to be added to federal job vacancy announcements for positions at GS-5 and above under the Trump administration’s hiring process changes| FEDweek
UPDATED: Hampton Dellinger has dropped his challenge to his firing as head of the Office of Special Counsel in the wake of a federal appeals court’s| FEDweek
A federal judge has overturned the Trump administration’s firing of a member of the MSPB governing board in a ruling that mirrors one keeping in place the| FEDweek
UPDATED: The House passed a $1.2 trillion bill (286 to 134) on Friday, later followed by the Senate early Saturday morning (74 - 24) that was then shortly| FEDweek
