All posts tagged "Schedule F"
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Biden warns of ‘dangers’ of removing civil service protections from US federal officials
US president Joe Biden has warned that Republican plans to turn more civil service jobs into political appointments are part of a “dangerous” political movement in America. Speaking in Arizona
- Posted October 5, 2023
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US federal employees wrongly fired under Trump-era accountability legislation to get compensation
The US federal government’s Department of Veterans Affairs is to offer compensation to officials who were wrongly sacked under 2017 legislation intended to make it easier to remove officials. The
- Posted August 2, 2023
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Republicans could politicise 50,000 civil service jobs, US academic warns
A Republican president would revive Trump’s bid to take powers to dismiss any civil servant involved in policy work, a leading American academic has said at an event on civil
- Posted July 12, 2023
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Officials warn UK may miss climate funding pledge; Janice Charette calls for ‘wellness’ focus: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK will damage global standing if it fails to meet £11.6bn climate pledge, officials warn
- Posted July 6, 2023
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Canadian business bosses tell government to get staff back to offices; China sees huge demand in state recruitment drive: management & workforce news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian businesses urge federal government to implement return-to-office policy Canadian business leaders have told
- Posted November 3, 2022
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US unions urge Congress to protect federal staff from Trump bid to strip employment protections
Congressional leaders have been urged to pass a bill that would block future governments from resurrecting a Trump-era bid to strip career federal employees of their civil service protections, in
- Posted November 1, 2022
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US lawmakers vote to shield feds from Trump threat to make them more easily fireable if re-elected
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would stop future presidents from stripping federal employees of civil service protections without Congressional approval. The ‘Preventing a Patronage System’ bill cleared
- Posted September 21, 2022
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Trump threatens to fire executive-branch employees if re-elected in 2024
Ex-US president Donald Trump has said he would make “every executive-branch employee fireable by the president” if re-elected in 2024. Speaking before attendants at a rally in South Carolina last
- Posted March 16, 2022