Pay & Benefits

Ditching Debt

A look at what current benefit programs and proposals mean for federal employees with student loan debt.

Pay & Benefits

Hitting the Ceiling

Limits on salaries are causing employees in the top echelons of government to fall behind on pay.

Pay & Benefits

Playing Up Performance

Pay-for-performance is starting to seem inevitable, but may still be a long ways off.

Pay & Benefits

Pushing Parental Leave

The idea of granting paid leave to new parents is gaining traction on Capitol Hill.

Pay & Benefits

Pay Raise Prospects

The process of approving a 2008 pay raise for federal employees is running smoothly, for now.

Pay & Benefits

Trials and Tribulations

How your federal health insurance stacks up if you wish to participate in a clinical trial.

Pay & Benefits

Health Savings Shortfalls

A look at how health savings accounts could affect comprehensive health plans.

Pay & Benefits

Payband Balancing Act

Some advice for agencies on striking a balance among efficiency, equity and employee acceptance in pay for performance systems.

Pay & Benefits

Survivor Savings

Employee group representative proposes allowing surviving spouses to hold on to TSP accounts.

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Duty Calls

A look at the rules on pay and time off for jury duty.

Pay & Benefits

Getting to the SES

Training and leadership programs can help employees get to the top of the civil service ladder.

Pay & Benefits

Model for Health Coverage

Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign turn to the federal employee program as a health care solution.

Pay & Benefits

TSP board collects input on potential plan changes

Automatic enrollment, Roth option would require additional work from payroll offices.

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Still Pushing

Short-term disability benefits and electronic retirement records remain high priorities for OPM Director Linda Springer.

Pay & Benefits

Performance-Based Perils

Another federal organization that was supposed to be a model of personnel reform faces scrutiny.

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Darfur Divestment?

Members of Congress want to know if investments in the Thrift Savings Plan are helping to fund atrocities in Sudan.

Pay & Benefits

Move Around

One of the upsides of working for the federal government is that you can jump to a new agency and keep your benefits.

Pay & Benefits

Paybanding Evolution

New regulations give IRS supervisors more and more flexibility to set pay, as long as it’s not according to the General Schedule.

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Pay Ploy?

A new analysis tests the idea that alternate pay systems are a tactic to decrease pay.

Pay & Benefits

Caring for Others

How are federal employees handling their child care costs?