Pay & Benefits
When Can You Afford to Retire?
Questions to ask yourself if you’re considering early retirement.
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Trump Moves to Replace TSP Board Members, Prompting Concerns of Politicization
The nomination of three new board members follows months of lobbying by Republican lawmakers and advocacy groups to stop the Thrift Savings Plan from changing its international fund to include investments in Chinese companies.
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Labor Department Lowers the Bar for Some Feds to Prove Workplace COVID-19 Exposure
Federal workers in jobs like law enforcement and health care who contract the novel coronavirus will automatically qualify for workers compensation benefits, the department said.
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Bipartisan Senate Group Urges Hazard Pay for Feds
Nineteen senators encourage authorization of a 25% pay increase for frontline federal workers during the coronavirus pandemic, along with more guidance enhancing telework, leave and other protections for employees.
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TSP Portfolios Bounce Back after March Losses
All funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program posted gains last month, as the stock market began to rebound from a historic fall.
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Lawmakers Prepare New Legislation to Protect TSA Employees During Pandemic
House Democrats will push to pass bills guaranteeing health care and workers compensation benefits for part time transportation security officers.
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The Value of an Annuity Supplement
How the FERS supplement is calculated, and when it can be reduced.
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Feds Sticking With Retirement Investments, More Calls for Hazard Pay
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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House Republicans Propose Federal Hiring, Pay Initiatives to Combat COVID-19
The Republican Study Committee said Congress should streamline the hiring process for federal workers, as well as change the pay system to allow higher compensation for “high skilled” workers.
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USDA Resists Providing Extra Flexibilities During the Pandemic for Forest Service Employees with Children
U.S. Forest Service workers said they are burning through personal leave juggling telework and child care, but that their agency has declined to provide additional time off as others have done.
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Democratic Lawmakers Want Hazard Pay, Union Protections in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill
Letter to House leadership supports extra compensation, weather and safety leave, and other rights and benefits for frontline federal workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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OPM Issues Guidance on Additional Paid Sick Leave for Feds During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The federal government’s human resources agency confirmed this week that most federal workers are eligible to take up to two additional weeks of paid sick leave this year related to COVID-19.
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TSP Targeted Again Over Expansion of International Fund Investments, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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Long Term Peace of Mind
A look at how the long term care insurance process plays out.
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HR Agency Implements Portions of COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package That Help Feds
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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House Oversight Leaders Seek Childcare Payments and Other Help for Feds in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill
In a letter to House leadership, Democrats unveil a laundry list of legislative proposals to assist federal employees and contractors during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Best Date to Start Taking Social Security Benefits
A reader poses a question that’s trickier than it seems.
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OPM Waives Recruitment and Retention Incentive Rules for Coronavirus Outbreak, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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State Department Allows Employees to Take Off 10 Paid Hours Per Week
Administrative leave will help employees look after loved ones or their own health during coronavirus crisis, department says.
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