Pay & Benefits

The new benefit

Are flexible spending accounts for you?

Pay & Benefits

Union rejects latest SEC pay parity proposal

Pay & Benefits

Flexible spending accounts to debut next year

Federal employees will be able to cut their tax bills next year by stowing money for medical services and child care in special tax-free accounts, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday.

Pay & Benefits

Health insurance premiums to rise 11 percent

Federal employees’ health insurance premiums will rise an average of 11.1 percent in 2003, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday.

Pay & Benefits

FAA tech workers win pay raise

Information technology workers at the Federal Aviation Administration will finally get a governmentwide pay raise after almost two years of fighting with agency officials.

Defense

Senate committee approves military tax breaks

Pay & Benefits

A Cautionary Note

The old hands of federal pay and personnel issue a warning to the Bush administration.

Defense

White House may hold edge in homeland security standoff

Analysts say the White House may have a slight advantage in the partisan standoff over civil service protections for workers in the proposed Department of Homeland Security.

Pay & Benefits

TSP board seeks appeal to court ruling

Pay & Benefits

The busy season

Several key federal pay and benefits issues are on Congress’ autumn agenda.

Pay & Benefits

Senators, labor leaders press demand for union rights

The battle over union rights for federal employees in the proposed Department of Homeland Security intensified Wednesday as five Senate Democrats joined federal union members in urging the president to “show respect for federal employees.”