Pay & Benefits
Long Term Care Insurance and the Pandemic Age
The grim news about nursing homes over the past year has caused many people to contemplate their own future needs.
Pay & Benefits
GOP Senator Introduces Bill to Bar TSP Investment in China
A roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Bipartisan Bill Would Extend Feds’ Paid Parental Leave to Military Troops
Legislation would provide service members with 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year and would extend the benefit to scenarios involving miscarriages and stillbirths.
Pay & Benefits
Milestones on the Path to Financial Security in Retirement
If you work in government, there are several moments in your life when you’ll face key decisions about your eventual retirement.
Pay & Benefits
5 Things To Know About Supplemental Retirement Benefits
The ins and outs of the FERS supplement.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Implements Paid COVID Leave for Feds, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Continue Strong Performance in April
All of the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program’s portfolios finished last month in the black.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement in a Time of Covid
For the most part, feds aren’t letting the pandemic disrupt their plans.
Pay & Benefits
Administration Formally Launches Program Giving Feds Up to 15 Weeks Off for COVID-19 Related Illness, Child Care
Congress created a $570 million fund for the initiative, and once that runs out, workers will have to take personal leave or leave without pay.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Sing Telework’s Praises, Want to Continue After the Pandemic
Survey results show those who have been doing their jobs remotely are happier and feel they are just as productive.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Waives Premium Pay Cap for Border Detailees
The federal government’s HR agency declared that the influx of children at the southern border is an emergency for the purposes of waiving restrictions on how much premium pay federal employees can earn.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: A New Leave Proposal for Feds
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss a Senate bill that would give federal employees expanded leave for illness and other extenuating circumstances.
Pay & Benefits
Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave Benefits for Feds Introduced in Senate
Measure would grant federal workers up to 12 weeks of paid family leave for illnesses and other situations not covered under 2019 parental leave law.
Management
Managing Pay When the Goal is Rebuilding the STEMM Workforce
This would be an ideal time to rethink the talent management policies for these essential occupations.
Pay & Benefits
How to Avoid Buyer’s Remorse
Federal retirees should understand the ins and outs of each retirement system, especially if they have been misclassified.
Pay & Benefits
A Survey to Improve Personnel Policies, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Are Denied Step Increases In Just 1 of Every 1,000 Cases
Within-grade pay raises are "nearly automatic" rather than a true appraisal tool, board finds.
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