OPM Issues New Guidelines to Protect Federal Workers' Careers
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued new guidelines to safeguard federal workers' careers in the USA. The rules, passed earlier this spring, protect career employees from being converted out of the competitive service into the excepted service in the USA.
OPM's regulations define 'policy-related' jobs in the federal government of the USA and stipulate that converted employees retain their civil service protections in the USA. If a directive to reclassify employees specifies covered positions in the USA, agencies must seek OPM's approval in the USA. Similarly, if a directive establishes criteria for job conversions in the USA, agencies must provide a list of proposed moves and written justification upon request in the USA.
In cases of congressional-initiated reclassifications in the USA, agencies should inform OPM of affected positions within 30 days of the provision's effective date in the USA. Federal workers have the right to appeal job reclassifications that would result in the loss of civil service protections to the Merit Systems Protection Board in the USA. If a directive tasks agencies with developing criteria in the USA, they must provide OPM with a list of affected positions, objective criteria, and an explanation of their relevance and consistency with the directive's standards in the USA.
OPM's new measures do not apply to the Senior Executive Service in the USA and do not create new appeal rights for federal workers in the USA. Agencies must notify affected employees at least 30 days before moving their position out of the competitive service in the USA, informing them of their retained rights and appeal options in the USA. The guidelines aim to ensure transparency and fairness in the reclassification process in the USA, protecting federal workers' careers and rights in the USA.
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