Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
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.
Pay & Benefits
Firefighters Union Calls for Higher Pay Amid Staffing Shortage
A Senate committee also advanced legislation this week that would make it easier for federal firefighters to qualify for workers compensation benefits in connection with chronic conditions associated with firefighting.
Pay & Benefits
Life Insurance for Retirees
The rules and options for continuing coverage into retirement.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Preps for Its Transition to a New Service Provider
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Workforce
How to Make Performance Reviews Less Terrible – Especially Given the Challenges of Supervising Remote Workers
Performance reviews were always a challenge, but even more so in the age of hybrid work, when some employees are in the office more often than others.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Retirement Planning Tricks for All Feds
NARFE's Erin Carter joins the show to discuss how public servants should plan for their future.
Pay & Benefits
Employee Group Calls for Federal Abortion Leave After Roe v. Wade is Overturned
The Department of Justice Gender Equity Network asked the administration to authorize paid leave in cases where federal employees need to travel across state lines to receive abortion services.
Pay & Benefits
A Few Feds Might Be Eligible for a Bigger Tax Refund from Trump’s Social Security Tax Deferral
The IRS sent out a notice that some might need to file an amended return, but most federal employees don’t need to worry about it.
Pay & Benefits
A Bill to Standardize Federal Retiree Cost of Living Raises, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
The House Has Approved Federal Firefighter Workers Comp Reform, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
As Lawmakers Talk Big Pay Raises, Managers Bemoan Pay Compression
According to the Congressional Research Service, the cap on General Schedule pay is now impacting pay raises in 30 different locality pay areas across the country.
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