Pay & Benefits
Self-Mandated Pay Raise for Federal Judges Will Cost $1B
Bump stems from court rulings calling congressionally instituted pay freezes unconstitutional.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Will Pay 3.8 Percent More Toward Health Care Premiums in 2015
Postal employees' contributions will go up significantly more.
Pay & Benefits
The Time Feds Spend on Union Biz Inches Up
Federal employees spent 3.43 million hours on “official time” in fiscal 2012, according to the latest report.
Management
200K Federal Contractors Are About to Get a Pay Raise
Labor Department issues final rules to implement the $10.10 minimum wage for contractors.
Pay & Benefits
VA Employees Fight for More Pay
Lawsuit and union seek to boost employee compensation.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Takes Baby Steps Toward Reducing the Retirement Backlog in Sept.
Agency isn't likely to clear up the decades-long backlog by the end of 2014.
Pay & Benefits
Become a TSP Wizard
Online tools can help guide you to get what you want from your account.
Pay & Benefits
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes Filling Out Your TSP Forms
The retirement savings plan’s board offers some common-sense advice for successfully withdrawing or transferring retirement funds.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Savings Funds Hit a September Slump
All but one of the TSP’s offerings lose ground.
Pay & Benefits
Some TRICARE Enrollees Won’t Have to Pay Annual Fee Increases
The Pentagon is making an exception for two groups of Prime beneficiaries.
Pay & Benefits
5 Things You Can Change After You Retire
In the federal retirement world, “permanent” doesn’t always mean permanent.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Reminds Same-Sex Surviving Spouses They Are Eligible for Benefits
Those married before a 2013 Supreme Court ruling have until June 26, 2015, to apply for pension and death benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Are Paying More to Avoid Costly Discrimination Adjudication
An analysis shows the amount of money doled out to settle employees’ informal and formal EEO complaints has increased.
Pay & Benefits
QUIZ: Do You Know How to Be an Ethical Political Appointee?
Seventeen questions to test your knowledge of updated ethics rules.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Retirees Will Learn Their 2015 COLA Soon
The final figure, which will be released in late October, is estimated to be between 1.6 percent and 1.8 percent.
Nextgov
Is the Tide Turning Against Federal Telework?
It’s time and attendance versus getting work done.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service to Add Thousands of Union Jobs in 2014
Bargaining unit employees will fill reduced-hour post offices in major labor victory.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Forcing Border Patrol Agents to Work More and Earn Less Clears Senate
Law would save $100 million annually and has agency and union endorsement.
Pay & Benefits
All Women Enrolled in TRICARE Would Have Access to Free Birth Control Under Bill
Legislation would prohibit a co-pay for contraception and offer family planning services to female beneficiaries.
Oversight