Pay & Benefits
Things to Consider Before Moving Money Into TSP's G Fund
Many of the funds in the government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program are seeing losses from market downturns, but the G Fund is growing.
Pay & Benefits
It Could Soon Get Even Easier for Feds to Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness
The Education Department has proposed a package of regulatory reforms aimed at making loan forgiveness programs more accessible.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Journey, Part Two: The Transition
The second in a three-part series on one employee’s retirement experience.
Pay & Benefits
Court Weighs Whether to Pay Damages to Employees Who Worked During 2018's Record-Long Shutdown
The Biden administration argues the government's hands were tied and it did not violate labor law.
Pay & Benefits
More Help Is On the Way for Feds With TSP Transition Troubles, and Those Affected By Flooding
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s What Needs to Happen for the 2023 Federal Employee Pay Raise
Although the Biden administration and lawmakers appear set on providing feds an average 4.6% pay increase next year, things could change before the end of the year.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Tumble Again in June
The federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan continues to suffer from tumult in financial markets.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Journey, Part One: Pre-Retirement
The first in a three-part series on one employee’s retirement experience.
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.
Pay & Benefits
Second Thoughts on Retiring This Year
Inflation makes a would-be retiree feel like a deer in the headlights.
Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
‘It’s Time For Me To Go Fishing’
The first steps to take after you’ve decided to retire.
Pay & Benefits
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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