Protecting the Federal Workforce
Ends Schedule F, Strengthens Rights for Federal Career Employees
What it does
Agency heads must suspend, revise, or rescind actions tied to Schedule F and elect to negotiate specified collective bargaining subjects.
Real-world impact
- Stops processing petitions to convert jobs to Schedule F.
- Requires agencies to review and undo rules limiting union time and discipline.
- Directs OPM to report recommendations to promote a $15/hour federal minimum wage.
Topics
Summary
This order cancels the Schedule F personnel category and revokes several prior orders that limited civil service protections. It directs agency leaders to suspend, revise, or rescind actions tied to those changes and tells the Office of Personnel Management to stop processing petitions that would convert jobs to Schedule F.
Career federal employees, agency heads, and union representatives are affected. The order seeks to protect merit-based hiring, encourage union organizing, and asks OPM to recommend steps toward a $15/hour federal minimum wage.
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