Pay & Benefits
Leave Transfer for Wildfires, TSP Portfolios Grow, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
FBI Employees Cannot Use Whistleblower Retaliation as a Defense, Court Rules
FBI employee says he was fired for reporting on employees who used a government plane to solicit prostitutes.
Pay & Benefits
Benefits Spared the Budget Ax
Budget resolution does not mandate retirement cuts, but future spending measures could.
Pay & Benefits
House Vote Takes Federal Retirement Cuts Off the Table For Now
Federal benefit cuts could still be on the horizon through other legislative avenues.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Finalizes Long-Desired Change to USPS Pensions
Agency has identified the change as key to putting the agency back on firm financial footing.
Pay & Benefits
TSP to Trade Speed for Security, IRS Announces Max Contribution Increase, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
VA Secretary Asks Congress to Couple Hiring and Pay Reform With Private Care Expansion
Lawmakers generally agree on choice bill, but still must address funding offsets.
Pay & Benefits
Survey: Thrift Savings Plan Participants Still Want Greater Flexibility
Nearly 90 percent of feds are satisfied with the 401(k)-style retirement savings program.
Pay & Benefits
Trump’s Bureaucracy is Nearly as White, Male, and Unequal as His Cabinet
Trump's mid-level appointees are 27 percentage points whiter and 13 points more male than the country as a whole.
Pay & Benefits
Leaked Compensation Proposals Could Have ‘Huge’ Repercussions for Civil Service
Advocates, observers fear a degradation in the government’s recruitment abilities.
Management
Postal Service Asks Employees to Volunteer to Relocate to Puerto Rico
The agency will not provide any travel or lodging reimbursements.
Pay & Benefits
Report: White House Officials Backed 2019 Pay Freeze, $300 Billion in Cuts to Employee Compensation
Memo leaked to liberal news site also proposes eliminating FERS defined benefit program and retiree health benefits for new hires.
Pay & Benefits
5 Things You Should Do to Prepare for Health Benefits Open Season
For many federal employees and retirees, this is a time of frustration and confusion.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Approves Budget Plan, Setting Up Fight Over Fed Benefit Cuts
The House version of the resolution includes $32 billion in cuts, likely to employee retirement and health insurance programs.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Urge Reversal of Defense Per Diem Cuts, Senate Debates Budget Resolution and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Trump Administration’s Plan to Expand Private Care for Vets Sparks Fight Over VA's Future
Some stakeholders prepare for battle, while others take wait-and-see approach.
Pay & Benefits
Women Still Underrepresented in the Highest-Paid Federal Jobs
The situation has improved over the past decade, but it remains the case that the more a job pays, the more likely it is to be filled by a man.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Seeks Locality Pay Parity Between Blue and White Collar Feds
Hourly workers’ locality wages are currently determined by decades-old map of military installations.
Management
How Trump’s End to Obamacare Subsidies Increases the Threat of a Government Shutdown
White House also calls for Congress to cancel $5.6 billion in agency appropriations.
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