Pay & Benefits

Postal Unions Extend Deadline to Avoid Impasse in Labor Talks

Groups are fighting for better pay and "work culture."

Pay & Benefits

Find Your Co-workers’ Salaries, Telework During Metro Repairs and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Want a $10,000 Bonus? Start Looking for Ways to Cut Waste in Your Department

Bipartisan bill that would reward feds who save the government money advances in the Senate.

Pay & Benefits

House Republicans Appear Willing to Accept Largest Federal Pay Raise in Six Years

Appropriations bill does not block Obama's proposed across-the-board increase for feds.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Board Still Seeking Lawmaker to Sponsor Its Proposal to Ease Withdrawals

Unions offer assistance in tracking down a legislative champion.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmaker: Let D.C.-Area Feds Telework Due to Metro Disruptions

OPM says it is finalizing guidance to that effect to respond to year-long maintenance project.

Pay & Benefits

New Bill Would Give 30K Feds Enhanced Retirement Benefits

Measure would fix "loophole" in current law, proponents say.

Pay & Benefits

Getting the Best Deal on Life Insurance

Putting the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program in context.

Pay & Benefits

House Votes to Ban Bonuses For Some Federal Senior Executives

The chamber on Thursday passed a major spending bill denying performance awards in fiscal 2017 to top career leaders at VA.

Pay & Benefits

House Backs a Bigger Pay Raise for Troops Than the Senate

2.1 percent figure is at odds with the 1.6 percent boost the Senate is on track to support.

Pay & Benefits

VA Secretary Moves Closer to Obtaining Broad Authority to Recoup Employees’ Relocation Benefits

The legislation, which the department opposes, now heads to the House floor.

Pay & Benefits

2.1 Percent Troop Pay Raise Moves Ahead in House

Appropriators on Tuesday approved a military pay increase in the fiscal 2017 Defense spending bill, following the lead of the Armed Services panel.

Pay & Benefits

USPS Supervisors Are Doing Work Reserved for Unionized Employees, Costing Agency Millions

Bargaining unit employees are collecting thousands of dollars for work they didn’t do.

Pay & Benefits

Military Pay Raise, TRICARE Reform Bill Advances in Senate

Panel approves NDAA which also calls on Defense to reduce the Senior Executive Service by 25 percent by 2019.

Pay & Benefits

The Other Open Season This Year

An opportunity to reassess your life insurance options.

Pay & Benefits

Senator: Address the Obamacare Exception for Hill Staffers, Or I’ll Keep Blocking OPM Nominee

Vitter says Cobert has been involved in defending and executing an October 2013 rule that allowed congressional offices to get around an Affordable Care Act requirement.

Management

OPM Risks Paying Workers’ Comp for Employees Who Are No Longer Injured

Watchdog recommends that OPM take a more active role in verifying eligibility for long-term benefits.

Pay & Benefits

Tuition Assistance Hike, TRICARE Changes, Military Pay and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

New Partnership to Give Feds College Discount Will Benefit Both Employees and Agencies

Excelsior will help feds transfer credits and agencies tailor training efforts to address skills gaps.