Pay & Benefits
An 8.7 Percent Pay Cut for Six-Figure Earners, Subjective Measures of Financial Well-Being and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
More Feds Are ‘Thriving’ Financially Than Average Workers, Survey Finds
Even low earning feds have higher financial well-being scores than their non-federal counterparts.
Pay & Benefits
DoJ Will Notify Nearly 1 Million Feds of Eligibility to Join Shutdown Lawsuit
Plaintiffs are seeking bonus compensation for working without pay during 2013 shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Claims Backlog Hits 18-Month High
OPM is processing former retirement paperwork more slowly in 2015.
Pay & Benefits
What Happens When You Say 'I Do'
There’s a lot to think about, especially if your betrothed is also a fed.
Pay & Benefits
Sick Leave Bill for Disabled Vets Advances
Senate committee passes legislation that gives wounded warriors hired as feds access to their full year’s sick leave immediately.
Pay & Benefits
Why Are We Still Calling Postal Workers 'Mailmen'?
It's an outdated way to refer to letter carriers, of whom more than a third are women.
Pay & Benefits
Steps to Reform Health Benefits, Cut Retirement Pay, Count Calories and More
A weekly roundup of federal pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
The Next Looming Deadline Federal Employees Should Know About
The government will hit the debt ceiling on March 15 unless Congress acts, and likely tap into federal retirement coffers to avoid a default.
Pay & Benefits
Long-Serving NTEU President Announces Retirement
Colleen Kelley to end 16-year tenure in August.
Oversight
House Passes Bill Allowing VA Secretary to Claw Back Bonuses
Legislation allows employees to ask for a third-party review of secretary’s decision.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Cuts to Some Travel Allowances
Bill would repeal Pentagon policy that reduced per diem rates for military and civilian employees on long-term travel.
Pay & Benefits
The S Fund Led TSP's February Gains
All but one fund posted positive returns last month.
Oversight
Ted Cruz Wants to Reform Federal Hiring
Lawmaker better known as the architect of the 2013 shutdown looks to add a hiring preference.
Management
VA Watchdog Finds Data Manipulation of Disability Claims at Arkansas Facility
Employees -- complying with headquarters guidance -- changed the dates in dozens of cases so that older claims appeared newer.
Management
Vet Group Wants to Turn Veterans Health Administration Into Amtrak
Proposal would transform federal agency into a government-chartered nonprofit and give vets a private health care option.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Call for Shutdown Solidarity, Offer to Refuse Pay If DHS Closes
Democrats introduce bill to withhold congressional pay if Homeland Security shuts down.
Pay & Benefits
Three (or More) Helpings of the TSP
Yes, you can take multiple partial distributions from your investments after you retire. Here’s how.
Pay & Benefits
Senator Demands Disclosure of Inspectors General Salaries
Sen. Claire McCaskill warns some are making twice as much as others.
Pay & Benefits