Pay & Benefits
A Closer Look at 2023 Federal Employee Health Benefits Premiums
Wondering how the increase might impact your FEHB plan choice? We’ll walk you through it.
Pay & Benefits
It's Time to Prepare for Open Season
It’s in your interest to conduct an annual insurance checkup—especially this year.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Director Urges Enrollees Not To Leave Savings on the Table During Open Season, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Approves an Emergency Leave Transfer Program for Workers Affected by Hurricane Ian
This is the third leave donation program in the past 60 days.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: Inflation, Social Security and the COLA
The Alliance for Retired Americans' Richard Fiesta joins the podcast to discuss inflation and the recent cost of living adjustment for retirees.
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Big COLA Boost for Retirees
High inflation at least means a boost in federal retirement benefits.
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Federal Retirees Are Set to Receive the Highest COLA in Decades, But Some Will Get Less Than Others
Civil Service Retirement System enrollees will see an 8.7% increase in their defined benefit pension payments in 2023, while participants in the Federal Employees Retirement System will only receive a 7.7% increase.
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Nearly 20K Hack Victims Have Signed Up for Payouts of Up to $10K From OPM Settlement
Former and current federal employees could receive from $700 to $10,000 in damages.
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Money May Not Be Federal Workers' Main Motive For Quitting
The reasons driving federal employees to leave government service, and other pay and benefits news.
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OPM Has Authorized Another Round of Paid Leave For Feds to Get COVID-19 Boosters
As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to encourage Americans to receive the latest COVID-19 booster, federal workers will get up to four hours of paid leave for the shot.
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Union Chief Slams ‘Remarkably High’ Increase in Health Care Premiums
AFGE President Everett Kelly forecasts higher premiums may worsen the “widespread staffing crises.”
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More than 100 Lawmakers Urge the Biden Administration To Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waivers
Although the Education Department has proposed regulations to make permanent many provisions of a temporary waiver program aimed at making the popular program easier to navigate, those rules won’t take effect until next year.
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TSP Funds Continue To Fall in September
Nearly all of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan remained in negative territory last month.
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Federal Employees Will Pay 8.7% More Toward Health Care Premiums Next Year
The Office of Personnel Management said increased use of health care services as the COVID-19 pandemic has waned has led to the sharpest uptick in health insurance premiums in more than a decade.
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A Federal Judge Will Allow a Federal Worker to Pursue Overtime Backpay From Training
A lawsuit challenges regulations from the Office of Personnel Management that state that federal employees cannot receive overtime pay in connection with entry-level job training.
Pay & Benefits
The Government’s Pay System Needs to Be Fixed. The Federal Salary Council Can (and Should) Lead the Charge.
The former chair of the Federal Salary Council, on behalf of his fellow appointees from the previous administration, discusses why the council should take up unfinished business left over from that administration.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Approves Multiple Emergency Leave Transfer Programs
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: Preparing to 'Win' Retirement
Author Joe Casey joins the podcast to discuss his book on how to have a fruitful transition into retirement.
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