Pay & Benefits
COVID Leave for Kids’ Vaccinations, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: If You Need to Travel for Medical Care, You Can Use Sick Leave
The federal government’s HR agency confirmed that federal employees may use sick leave to travel to obtain reproductive health services, although the measure falls short of employee groups’ request for paid administrative leave after abortion ruling.
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TSP Officials Promise Service Will Improve After a Difficult Transition to the New Recordkeeping System
Staffing at the call center that serves participants of the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program has already increased 66%, with more on the way.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Are Responding to the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling. Here's How.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees’ access to in-state reproductive health services disappeared Friday after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
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Second Thoughts on Retiring This Year
Inflation makes a would-be retiree feel like a deer in the headlights.
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The Biden Team Announces Pay Raises of Up to $20,000 Annually for Federal Firefighters
The pay increases, authorized as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, will be retroactive to October 2021.
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Feds Can’t Sue Over TSP Gains Lost During Shutdowns, An Appeals Court Finds
A group of FBI employees had argued they were entitled to damages, because delayed TSP contributions meant they missed out on gains from a rising stock market.
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TSP Woes Continue Two Weeks After Tech Transition
Participants reported delayed account disbursements a full two weeks after the transition to a new recordkeeper was complete.
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‘It’s Time For Me To Go Fishing’
The first steps to take after you’ve decided to retire.
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The TSP Board's Nominees Have Now Been Confirmed, With One Exception
Biden's pick to chair the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program’s board must go through a more arduous process.
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Social Security, COLAs, Earnings Limits and More
Answers to reader questions on pressing issues.
Pay & Benefits
A Request to Raise Gas Reimbursement Rates to Reflect Skyrocketing Prices, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Participants Bemoan Bumpy Recordkeeper Transition
Federal employees and retirees have reported problems with setting up new accounts for online access to the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program, and the agency’s call center has been deluged.
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Most of Biden's TSP Nominees Are Free to Be Confirmed, Now That GOP Senators Have Lifted a Hold
The lawmakers changed course after the nominees committed to being “highly skeptical” of proposals to include Chinese investments in the Thrift Savings Plan’s offerings.
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The Difference Between a COLA and a Pay Raise
And why you won’t get the full effect of either if you retire on Dec. 31, 2022.
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White House Internships Will Soon Be Paid
The move comes as part of an administration-wide push to improve the recruitment of young federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
GOP Senators Issue a Last-Minute Demand that the TSP Delay Mutual Fund Window
With just a week before the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program begins offering mutual funds to its participants, some lawmakers warned it could lead to federal employees investing in China.
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