Pay & Benefits
Pay-banding pros and cons
Why some federal managers and employees don’t like pay-banding—and why some love it.
Pay & Benefits
Beating the TSP blues
As the Thrift Savings Plan opens up to military personnel, some federal employees are bailing out of the market. But most are staying put.
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A peek at paybanding
The way you get paid may change in the next few years. Here's a look at some models for pay reform.
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Comp time, buyouts, pay hikes, pensions
Two bills advancing through Congress are chock-full of pay and benefits improvements for federal employees.
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The one-size-fits-all system
The General Schedule is under attack. Here's how the government's standard pay system works and why some people want to get rid of it.
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Pay deadline looms
President Bush has until the end of the day tomorrow to decide what he wants to do about federal employees' pay next year.
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COLA checkup
Cost-of-living adjustment news for 44,000 federal workers and millions of retirees. Plus, no COLAs for most federal workers.
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Pay raise fray
How a 4.6 percent federal pay raise has developed over the past 10 months--and where it's headed next.
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No results, no bonus
Should federal executives get bonuses when their agencies fail to meet performance goals?
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The limits of long-term care
Long-term care insurance won’t bring peace of mind to all federal workers and their families.
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Too much TSP?
A new study offers the unconventional view that contributing more money to the TSP is a bad idea.
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Bonuses in the cards
Say good-bye to cold cash bonuses, and hello to a new form of on-the-spot awards.
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Long-term care is coming
Discounted long-term care insurance rates are one step closer to becoming a reality.
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Less taxing retirement
Should you have to pay taxes on health insurance after you retire?
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Good to be golden
For the over-50 set, more retirement savings help may be on the way.
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TSP limits lifted
The annual limit on Thrift Savings Plan contributions will rise to $15,000 by 2006.
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Standing pat on pay
The Bush administration is standing by its 3.6 percent average pay raise for federal workers in 2002.
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