{"id":13364,"date":"2021-01-13T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/13\/5-personnel-efforts-to-look-out-for-under-a-biden-presidency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:15","slug":"5-personnel-efforts-to-look-out-for-under-a-biden-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/01\/13\/5-personnel-efforts-to-look-out-for-under-a-biden-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways Biden could change the federal workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe Biden is set to take up the U.S. presidency in a week, a job that places him at the helm of the largest employer in the world: the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already Biden has established that he has very different priorities than President Donald Trump has taken with the federal workforce, and feds can expect to see several initiatives out of the new administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rescinding controversial union executive orders<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the Biden transition team has not released concrete plans for how it plans to address three executive orders<\/a> signed by President Donald Trump in May 2018 and targeting federal collective bargaining and employee rights, the upcoming administration has been vocal in support of federal bargaining protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe federal government should serve as a role model for employers to treat their workers fairly. Yet, Trump has gutted the ability of federal employees to collectively bargain, stripped them of their union representation, and made it easier to fire federal employees without \u2018just cause,\u2019\u201d Biden said in response to an American Federation of Government Employees questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn my first day in office, I will restore federal employees\u2019 rights to organize and bargain collectively, restore their right to official time, and direct agencies to bargain with federal employee unions over non-mandatory subjects of bargaining. I will aggressively hold the line against any effort to undermine workers\u2019 rights and to diminish federal employees\u2019 right to due process in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoring diversity training<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has been outspoken in favor of diversity training in general and in opposing Trump\u2019s recent efforts to remove diversity training<\/a> in the federal workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the executive order signed in September of this year, Trump sees diversity training that focuses on white privilege and implicit bias as inherently divisive, causing more problems than it fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His order placed all diversity training programs on hold, pending an Office of Personnel Management review, though agencies were encouraged to \u201cimprove\u201d their materials before even submitting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Biden countered such claims about diversity training<\/a>, saying that people \u201chave to be made aware of what other people feel like,\u201d at a Sept. 29 presidential debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s transition website also lists the promotion of \u201cdiversity and accountability in leadership across key positions in all federal agencies,\u201d as a core element of his plans for supporting racial equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rehabbing the public view of government service<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s initial campaign and administration hewed frequently to efforts to \u201cdrain the swamp\u201d of Washington, D.C., an imperative that was later tied to encouraging large numbers of federal employees to quit<\/a> service by then-Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has made it an imperative of his transition, even before Election Day, to restore public confidence in government figures, largely through personal transparency and closely restricting instances where officials\u2019 personal and government interests intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next administration must demonstrate with their actions that public servants serve all Americans, not themselves or narrow special interests,\u201d the Biden transition ethics plan states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support for science agencies and scientists<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layered throughout Biden\u2019s plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic are promises that his administration will closely follow the advice of government and private sector scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That emphasis on scientific integrity also extends to Biden\u2019s climate change plans and support for work being done at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEPA\u2019s mission is forged by science and a moral conviction that all Americans have a right to clean air, clean water, and safe and healthy communities, and that a sustainable environment also means a strong economy,\u201d Biden said Dec. 2 in honor of the EPA\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will celebrate the outstanding public servants and patriots who have given meaning and impact to the EPA\u2019s founding values and vision through their dedicated work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early days of the Trump administration drew the ire of science experts, as the White House placed gag orders on scientists at EPA and the Department of Agriculture while removing information on climate change from government websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efforts to move two science-focused agencies at USDA outside Washington, D.C., were also viewed by critics as an attack on federal scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay and benefit protection<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has committed to \u201cconsistent and regular pay increases\u201d for the civil service as a means of supporting existing feds and enticing new employees to join the federal workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Trump, feds have seen fairly consistent pay raises, including a historic 3.1 percent increase<\/a> on 2020 paychecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these increases have come in spite of Trump efforts, rather than because of them, as last year\u2019s pay raise originated in congressional action that contradicted Trump\u2019s proposed pay freeze for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 saw a modest pay raise for feds, as Congress chose not to mandate how federal pay was addressed in funding legislation, defaulting to the White House\u2019s original one percent pay increase plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has also said that he opposes efforts to shift a larger percentage of the costs of the Federal Employees Retirement System onto employees and away from the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe federal government should lead by example and provide high quality benefits, instead of pushing anti-worker budget adjustments designed to shift the burden of health care and retirement costs onto employees,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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