APWU News Burrus Issues Stinging Rebuke To USPS Inspector General Audit ‘Lacks Relevance, Ignores Legislative Mandate’ to Bargain APWU President William Burrus slammed the Office of the Inspector General recently, charging that in a September audit report [PDF] on employee benefit programs the office had inserted itself into the collective bargaining arena. In a Nov. […]
Excerpts from the USPS Office of Inspector General’s Audit Report on Postal Service’s Employee Benefit Programs This report represents the results of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) self-initiated audit of the Postal Service’s Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI and Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) programs (Project Number 07YG008HM000). The purpose […]
How much would be paid for unused sick leave is not yet clear. But federal managers hope the change will keep employees from taking excessive sick leave as they approach retirement. Such sick leave abuse cost the government $68 million in lost productivity in the year ended March 30, 2006, an August Congressional Research Service […]
Health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will increase by an average of 2.1 percent next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced this afternoon. Officials said they held down the rate increase, which is substantially lower than what most other workers will be asked to pay in 2008, by dipping into excess financial […]