Pay & Benefits
Pay raise moves forward
A 4.6 percent average pay raise for federal employees next year moved closer to reality last week, as the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the increase just one day after the full House voted for it.
Pay & Benefits
Bush again challenges 4.6 percent civilian pay raise
The Bush administration on Tuesday urged lawmakers to kill a measure giving federal workers a 4.6 percent average pay raise next year.
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New rule lets agencies give bonuses to blue-collar workers
Agencies can offer recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances to wage-grade employees under a new rule published by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register Friday.
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The limits of long-term care
Long-term care insurance won’t bring peace of mind to all federal workers and their families.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board fires, sues computer modernization firm
The Thrift Savings Plan board on Tuesday fired the contractor that has spent four years trying to modernize the retirement savings program’s computer system.
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