Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Courage is contagious

A top appointee to the panel that advises the government on employee compensation resigned Monday over a recent order from President Trump that would strip some federal workers of their employment protections.

Ronald Sanders, a Republican who has served under administrations of both parties, said he could not continue as chair of the Federal Salary Council when the president’s new order “seeks to make loyalty to him the litmus test for many thousands of career civil servants.”

Trump's order, issued Wednesday, is being criticized by unions as the biggest change to federal workforce protections in a century, converting many federal workers to “at will” employment.

The order targets policy-oriented positions, creating a new class of employment that makes it easier to fire employees for performance reasons without the opportunity to contest the decision or rely on union representation.

It also makes it easier to hire new employees outside of the competitive process — something critics say could be used to hire policy employees without appropriate experience.

  The Hill
Could be? He's already been doing that repeatedly in appointments.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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