Pay & Benefits

Pay Raise Considerations

The 2017 increase is in effect. Have you considered boosting your retirement savings?

Pay & Benefits

Bill Would Give Federal Employees a 3.2 Percent Pay Raise in 2018

FAIR Act author says the boost is necessary due to the demonization of civil servants in recent years.

Pay & Benefits

White House Throws Weight Behind Cutting Feds’ Retirement, Health Benefits

Federal employees’ compensation package is "antiquated" and "unsustainable," spokesman says.

Pay & Benefits

Trump’s White House Cited a Nonexistent Reason for Freezing Federal Hiring

The "dramatic expansion" in US government employment targeted by Trump never actually happened.

Management

Trump Signs Order to Freeze Federal Hiring

President does not elaborate on policy, other than to say military would be exempt.

Pay & Benefits

So You Want to Retire Overseas

Advice for those looking to spend their golden years outside the United States.

Pay & Benefits

OPM’s Guidance on Firing Bad Employees Will Remind You That It’s Complicated

Agencies need to make better use of the probationary period, when workers have less recourse to dispute disciplinary actions.

Pay & Benefits

OPM: FEHBP Carriers Should Focus on Rising Prescription Drug Use and Costs

Agency’s annual call letter said escalating drug prices ate up more than a quarter of the FEHBP health care budget in 2015.