Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers Worry New VA Private Care Program Could Be a ‘Train Wreck’

Members task Veterans Affairs secretary with avoiding familiar trappings in implementing the new law.

Pay & Benefits

A Guide to Pay and Benefits During A Shutdown

Although lawmakers are set to consider a two-month continuing resolution to keep agencies open, a shutdown is still possible.

Pay & Benefits

Shutdown-Averting Bill Could Doom 2019 Pay Raise for Feds, At Least for Now

Proposed continuing resolution funding federal agencies until February would be “clean,” making it likely President Trump’s plan to freeze federal civilian employee pay would move forward.

Pay & Benefits

Quiz: What Happens to Your Pay and Benefits During a Shutdown?

Test your knowledge of what will happen if Congress lets appropriations run out for some agencies on Dec. 21.

Management

HHS Proposes Substantial Limits on Telework

The department and union officials have until Dec. 15 to reach accord before an independent panel imposes terms for a new collective bargaining agreement.

Pay & Benefits

As Spending Talks Break Down, a Pay Raise for Feds Hangs in the Balance

Lawmakers continue to negotiate how to include a 1.9 percent increase for civilian employees in a shutdown-averting bill.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Administration Removes Guidance Supporting Transgender Feds

Top diversity official calls the move a "shock to many" that was "hard for me as well."

Pay & Benefits

Federal Employees Continue to Retire in Greater Numbers Than in Previous Years

The Office of Personnel Management has managed to keep the claims backlog in check, despite the increase. Separately, OPM clarifies hiring preference for Gold Star fathers.

Pay & Benefits

Last-Minute Shopping Tips for Open Season

Advice for procrastinators on evaluating your health insurance options.

Pay & Benefits

Budget Analysts: Bill Targeting Official Time Would Cost More than It Saves

Legislation from Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., seeks to cut the retirement benefits of some federal workers who use official time.

Management

Postal Task Force Recommends Eliminating Workers' Rights to Bargain Over Pay

The group’s long awaited report stops short of privatization calls, but would kneecap postal unions.

Defense

Analysis: Deployed Civilians Can’t Get Worker’s Comp — and That’s Bad News for a Military that Depends on Them

Thanks to a legal double standard, a civilian injured or sickened in a warzone has an impossible burden of proof.

Pay & Benefits

Most TSP Funds Rebounded in November

The Thrift Savings Plan’s portfolio of international stocks continued to stall last month.