Pay & Benefits

Honest Evaluations

The key to pay for performance is providing meaningful reviews of employees' work -- and giving them the opportunity to improve.

Pay & Benefits

Extending Benefits

Lawmakers re-launch effort to grant same-sex domestic partner benefits to federal employees; also, OPM makes retirement records electronic.

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Holiday Highs and Lows

It’s been a bumpy ride in the world of pay and benefits.

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Performance Pay at VHA

The Veterans Health Administration is in the midst of a long-running effort to link employee pay raises to job performance.

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Raising Objections

President Bush has acted to hold down federal pay increases next year. He could have taken a different route.

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Limited Trading

Thrift Savings Plan participants react to new restrictions on the number of interfund transfers allotted each month.

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Telework Is a Tool

Treating it as a benefit misses its potential to improve overall performance.

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Sick Leave Saga

FERS employees want credit for their unused sick leave in retirement. Lawmakers may be listening.

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A Price to Pay

Locality pay rates in the Los Angeles area may have had hidden costs during the wildfires.

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Consumer-Driven Care

The upcoming open season for federal benefits will feature more high-deductible health plan options. Are they right for you?

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In Benefits Feds Trust

Comments on a story about Hillary Clinton’s health care proposal indicate that at least some federal employees are very protective of their benefits.

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Pay Portions

Federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area may see the highest overall pay increase next year.

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Stepping In

Hands-on management is critical not only to rating employees effectively, but to motivating them.

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Offsetting Debt

New loan forgiveness program may be a great benefit, if you’re willing to stick around for another 10 years.

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Making Better Pay Decisions

As pay-for-performance systems spread, managers who make compensation decisions need to be armed with as much data as possible.

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Top Dollar Talent

Agencies are making big strides in offering incentives to new and seasoned employees.

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Cost Control

Employee groups and agency officials differ on the best way to keep prescription drug costs in line.

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Reserve Returns

New court decision provides relief to federal employee military reservists who were improperly charged for military leave dating back to 1980.

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Benefits Bills

A look at how your federal pay and benefits could change when Congress returns from its August recess.

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Continuing Coverage

Union leader says the government should consider letting dependent children stay on federal employee health insurance until age 25.