{"id":9499,"date":"2021-01-22T20:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T20:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/22\/biden-orders-federal-employee-protections-minimum-wage-guarantees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:23:24","slug":"biden-orders-federal-employee-protections-minimum-wage-guarantees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/01\/22\/biden-orders-federal-employee-protections-minimum-wage-guarantees\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden orders restoration of federal employee protections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that overturned former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/25\/trump-targets-feds-in-latest-series-of-executive-orders\/\" target=_blank>May 2018 orders<\/a> to restrict federal collective bargaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previous orders, which were the subject of several lawsuits and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2020\/09\/23\/trumps-anti-union-orders-again-found-in-violation-of-labor-law\/\" target=_blank>labor practice challenges<\/a>, mandated a more constrained use of official time, required agencies to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements under strict parameters and made it easier to fire federal employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the just-signed order, agencies will no longer be required to pursue such stringent negotiations with federal unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/hr\/2021\/01\/21\/biden-overrides-trump-orders-on-diversity-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21020800531415.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Biden overrides Trump orders on diversity training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Joe Biden&#039;s first set of executive orders included provisions to shift federal workforce policy away from Trump administration plans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe order will protect and empower federal employees who have dedicated their careers to serving the American people, many in difficult circumstances during the pandemic. The steps will include restoring collecting bargaining power and worker protections for federal workers,\u201d said Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, at a Friday press briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden has long been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2021\/01\/20\/how-the-biden-presidency-changes-the-federal-workplace\/\" target=_blank>outspoken supporter of unionization<\/a> in the federal government and across private industries and stated before inauguration that restoring federal collective bargaining to its earlier freedom was a high priority for his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a Biden administration, agencies are no longer under orders to strip long-held rights from contracts, run roughshod over employees and unilaterally impose workplace policies that disrespect their service to our country,\u201d National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo be sure, NTEU was in the process of successfully challenging many aspects of the Trump executive orders because they were clearly in violation of civil service laws. 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