Pay & Benefits

How Unions Hope to Protect Their Members Amid Upcoming Agency Reforms

Employee advocates urge management to consult with them early on in the reorganization process, but there is no legal obligation to do so.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers Renew Effort to Give TSA Screeners Civil Service Protections

Transportation security officers were exempt from Title 5 protections at establishment of agency.

Pay & Benefits

Life Changes and Benefits Changes

How to navigate the process of assessing your benefits options when life intervenes.

Management

Trump: Country Needs 'a Good Shutdown' in September

White House officials have repeatedly said a shutdown is never a desired outcome.

Pay & Benefits

Leave Calculations

As your retirement date approaches, there are several considerations to keep in mind about usage of sick leave and annual leave.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Director Resigns After a Decade on the Job

The governing board appointed Ravindra Deo to replace Greg Long on an acting basis.

Pay & Benefits

Should You Take a Buyout?

With agencies under orders to downsize, it’s becoming more than a hypothetical question.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers Propose Restoring Defense Per Diem Rates

A bipartisan measure would repeal unpopular Pentagon restrictions adopted in 2014.

Pay & Benefits

How the Tax-Filing Process Confuses Americans About Tax Policy

The vexed relationship people have with IRS forms tends to make them more conservative.