Furlough and RIF Talk
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Furlough and RIF Talk
The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts leave the fates of hundreds of programs and even entire agencies hanging in the balance next year, but agencies could face severe cutbacks more immediately.
The White House suggested an additional $18 billion in reductions to non-defense discretionary spending for the rest of fiscal 2017 in a supplemental request to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Both the departments of Defense and Homeland Security would be exempt from the cuts. With agencies operating under a continuing resolution through late April, they would likely have just five months to implement the cuts -- or less time if Congress passes another short-term stopgap measure before addressing Trump’s proposal.
Budget experts cautioned that such significant spending reductions on that type of tightened timeframe could trigger agencies to send employees home without pay, much like they were forced to do when sequestration kicked in after Congress failed to reach a budget deal in 2013.
The Trump administration, in fact, appears to be gearing up for that possibility. In updated guidance dated March 2017, the Office of Personnel Management issued clarification for agencies on the procedures for implementing administrative furloughs. The guidance was last updated in June 2013. OPM maintains separate guidance for furloughs required by a government shutdown.
OPM also issued new guidance on possible reductions in force, titled “Workforce Reshaping Operations Handbook.” The agency put forward the new manual to “provide assistance to agencies that are considering and/or undergoing some times of reshaping (e.g. reorganization, management directed reassignments, furlough, transfer of function, reduction in force.)” The guidance details layoff procedures under federal law and regulations. An OPM spokesman said the updates were intended to "consolidate existing tools and guidance that agencies can use" rather than to issue new policy.
Read more… http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/201 ... =top-story
The White House suggested an additional $18 billion in reductions to non-defense discretionary spending for the rest of fiscal 2017 in a supplemental request to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Both the departments of Defense and Homeland Security would be exempt from the cuts. With agencies operating under a continuing resolution through late April, they would likely have just five months to implement the cuts -- or less time if Congress passes another short-term stopgap measure before addressing Trump’s proposal.
Budget experts cautioned that such significant spending reductions on that type of tightened timeframe could trigger agencies to send employees home without pay, much like they were forced to do when sequestration kicked in after Congress failed to reach a budget deal in 2013.
The Trump administration, in fact, appears to be gearing up for that possibility. In updated guidance dated March 2017, the Office of Personnel Management issued clarification for agencies on the procedures for implementing administrative furloughs. The guidance was last updated in June 2013. OPM maintains separate guidance for furloughs required by a government shutdown.
OPM also issued new guidance on possible reductions in force, titled “Workforce Reshaping Operations Handbook.” The agency put forward the new manual to “provide assistance to agencies that are considering and/or undergoing some times of reshaping (e.g. reorganization, management directed reassignments, furlough, transfer of function, reduction in force.)” The guidance details layoff procedures under federal law and regulations. An OPM spokesman said the updates were intended to "consolidate existing tools and guidance that agencies can use" rather than to issue new policy.
Read more… http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/201 ... =top-story
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Re: Furlough and RIF Talk
We actually had furlough back in 2013 with everyone having to take one day per pay period for 6-8 pay periods due to sequestration prior to the short shut down in October. (DoD always was shorter than other agencies)
1995-96 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ns_of_1995–1996
2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... wn_of_2013
Comparison of 1995-96 & 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/01/politics/ ... shutdowns/
The government is currently being funded by a CR through 28 April. http://www.crfb.org/blogs/appropriations-watch-fy-2017
I imagine any shut down that results could be different in length and whether or not employees get paid after the fact with the current administration/congress. I'm sure Obamacare will be an issue in any resolution. Since I'm already retired, it will be interesting to see what plays out.
1995-96 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ns_of_1995–1996
2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... wn_of_2013
Comparison of 1995-96 & 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/01/politics/ ... shutdowns/
The government is currently being funded by a CR through 28 April. http://www.crfb.org/blogs/appropriations-watch-fy-2017
I imagine any shut down that results could be different in length and whether or not employees get paid after the fact with the current administration/congress. I'm sure Obamacare will be an issue in any resolution. Since I'm already retired, it will be interesting to see what plays out.
Re: Furlough and RIF Talk
Would like to see some vera's and or buyouts soon. I am within 3 years of my MRA but I am ready to go now.
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One funny thing about buyouts & CRs that need to be fixex in the budgeting process based on my experience: Applications for VERA/VSIP were processed in September 2015 but they couldn't process them in October 2015 because they were under a CR. The could authorize the VERA but not the VSIP portion until they had a budget. The VSIP (buyout) was considered a "new start" and they could only fund existing salaries. Even if savings in salaries was more than the buyout, it couldn't be done until they had budget.
Re: Furlough and RIF Talk
John316 wrote:Would like to see some vera's and or buyouts soon. I am within 3 years of my MRA but I am ready to go now.
I would love to see this happen. While I'm in my upper 30s, I see many of my colleagues that are ready to leave "yesteryear" but cannot due to the MRA. If they truly want to weed out people from the government ranks, I would say (a) increase VSIP to $50000 and (b) offer VERA more often.
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Me
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Heck yeah, so many people would scoot if they lowered the MRA.
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This will not affecting us as a fee-based agency. I have the years, but not the age. So I love to see this offer to us to get extra cash instead of having to wait until MRA and without permanent 5% annuity reduced.
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