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Executive Order 14003

Protecting the Federal Workforce

This executive order revokes Trump-era policies that weakened federal employee protections, including Schedule F (which would have made career civil servants easier to fire) and three 2018 executive orders restricting union activities. It also requires agencies to bargain over certain labor matters and directs OPM to recommend a $15/hour minimum wage for federal workers.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 7231

Impact dates

  1. OPM report recommending $15/hour minimum wage for federal employees

  2. Agency heads must suspend/revise/rescind identified actions from review of EOs 13836-13839

Key directives

  • Revoke EO 13957 (Schedule F)
  • OPM immediately cease processing Schedule F petitions
  • Agency heads immediately suspend/revise/rescind actions related to EO 13957
  • Revoke EOs 13836, 13837, 13839 and 2019 memorandum
  • Disband Interagency Labor Relations Working Group
  • OPM withdraw materials from disbanded working group inconsistent with Section 1 policy
  • Agency heads review existing actions related to EOs 13836-13839
  • Agency heads suspend/revise/rescind identified actions as soon as practicable
  • Agency heads elect to negotiate over 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1) subjects
  • OPM provide report with recommendations for $15/hour federal minimum wage

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Revocation of Schedule F and three 2018 EOs takes effect
  • OPM must cease processing Schedule F petitions
  • Agency heads must suspend/revise/rescind actions related to revoked orders
  • Agency heads must elect to negotiate over 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1) subjects

Near term (90d)

  • Agency heads must complete review of existing actions related to EOs 13836-13839
  • OPM must provide report recommending $15/hour minimum wage for federal employees

Long term

  • Potential implementation of $15/hour federal minimum wage
  • Restoration of collective bargaining practices
  • Rebuilding of career civil service protections

Risks & tensions

  • EO 13837 subsection (e)(vi) is omitted from numbering sequence—unclear if intentional or typographical error
  • Some agencies may resist restoring prior collective bargaining terms
  • Congressional appropriations may constrain $15/hour wage implementation
  • Legal challenges possible from groups opposing expanded union bargaining
  • Schedule F revocation may face future administrative reversal
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