Pay & Benefits
Federal employees’ health premiums to rise up to 20 percent
Federal employees will pay up to 20 percent more for health coverage next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday.
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Senate approves 4.6 percent pay raise
Federal workers would get a 4.6 percent average pay raise, under a bill approved by the Senate this week.
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Fish and Wildlife Service remembers fallen comrade
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have been gathering in person and on the Internet to remember the life of a wildlife refuge manager killed in the crash of the hijacked plane in the Pennsylvania countryside last Tuesday.
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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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Bush pay decision could prevent locality-based raises
President Bush on Friday decided to let a 3.6 percent across-the-board pay raise for 2002 stand, a decision that could leave no room for additional locality-based raises for employees in San Francisco, New York and other high-priced cities.
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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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OPM enters management reform debate
Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James marked her entrance into the debate over the future of the federal workforce this week.
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OPM chief blasts General Schedule pay system
The government’s system of classifying and paying workers is outdated and needs reform, Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James said Tuesday.
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OPM pushes new kind of buyout
Federal employees could be eligible for $25,000 buyouts--but only if agencies say they don't have the right skills for today's government.
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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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