Pay & Benefits
A TSP Call Center Crunch, and Blended Retirement Hits a Milestone
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
4,000 Feds Soon May Need a New Health Insurance Plan
Scathing inspector general’s report on an FEHBP insurer’s refusal to submit to an IT audit imperils the company’s contract.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Try Yet Again to Crack Down on VA’s Senior Executives
SESers have been avoiding discipline and lining their pockets through the reassignment process, lawmakers say.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Announces New Investment Chief
Previous head of investing, Ravindra Deo, was appointed executive director last year.
Pay & Benefits
81 Percent of Career Senior Executives Received Bonuses in Fiscal 2016
The average performance award neared $12,000, an increase of more than $3,000 from fiscal 2015.
Pay & Benefits
When Life-Changing Events Happen
Sometimes, you don’t want to wait for open season to make changes in your insurance coverage.
Pay & Benefits
A TSP Call Center Spike, Shutdown Back Pay and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Confirms Back Pay for Feds Affected by Latest Shutdown
Memo continues pay freeze for top political officials until March.
Pay & Benefits
White House Budget Plan Praises the TSP, Then Cuts It
Plan to change G Fund returns would make fresh retirees invested in the L Income Fund run out of savings eight years earlier.
Pay & Benefits
Retiring Sooner Than You Expected
Sometimes you can take advantage of exceptions to the standard rules. But that’s where things can get complicated.
Pay & Benefits
Workforce Plan Stresses Pay for Performance, OPM Nominee Advances, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Why Trump’s Performance Pay Fund Won’t Happen in 2019
Proposed $1 billion interagency award pool would only be big enough to give feds currently meeting or exceeding performance standards an average boost of $481 next year.
Oversight
Senate Panel to Vote on OPM Nominations After Long Wait
Hearing ends years of stalling over Obamacare rule process.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Suggests USPS Cut Retirement, Health Benefits in $80B Savings Package
Proposal includes a rate hike and cutting delivery frequency.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Calls for 'Reskilling' Federal Workforce, Firing ‘Overhaul’ and Reducing Union Influence
Budget is light on specifics but supports broad civil service reforms.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Formalizes 2019 Pay Freeze Proposal, Revives Benefits Cuts
The freeze is coupled with a $1 billion interagency fund to reward high performers as a first step in moving the civil service toward pay for performance.
Pay & Benefits
Trump’s Budget Will Push Performance-Based Pay for Feds
Monday’s release to recommend transfer of $10 billion over a decade away from the “tenure-based” civil service system and to bonuses for valuable workers.
Pay & Benefits
Budget Deal Includes No Changes to Federal Employee Compensation
Pay and benefits are not among the offsets to spending increases, quelling federal employee group fears for now.
Pay & Benefits
Divorce and Your Benefits
When it comes to splitting up, it’s important to pay attention to the details.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Union Preps for Year of Benefits Battles
NTEU members lobby lawmakers amid shutdown threat and ahead of budget launch.
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