Pay & Benefits
USPS Cuts 10K Positions After Five Years of Job Growth
Reductions come as Postal Service pays down its debts for first time in eight years.
Pay & Benefits
IRS Doesn't Fire Its Tax-Delinquent Employees as the Law Requires
Agency managers follow through on the requirement in only 7% of cases.
Pay & Benefits
Can You Count on Social Security?
Lawmakers need to take action to ensure the system’s viability.
Pay & Benefits
A Pay Raise Update, TSP Security, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Most Feds Will Get Retroactive Raise this Pay Period
The federal government’s largest payroll processor says it has implemented the 1.9 percent pay increase for civilian federal employees, retroactive to January.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Join In Renewed Efforts to Give Feds Paid Family Leave
Latest bill is a companion to bipartisan legislation pending in the House.
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New Agreement Creates Alternative Path for Feds to Resolve Discrimination Cases
EEOC hopes mediation will help reduce its long growing backlog of federal workforce cases.
Pay & Benefits
A TSA Employee Rights Bill, Another Shutdown Mitigation Bill and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
House Budget Plan Preserves Feds’ Retirement Programs
If approved, the resolution would set up a fight with the Senate over whether to implement the Trump administration’s plans to cut federal employee pensions.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Retirement Claims Continue to Surge in March, But Backlog Is Down
The annual spike in claims bled into a third month this year, after the 35-day partial government shutdown delayed the filing and processing of new retirement requests.
Management
Labor-Management Impasse Panel Guts Telework, Holiday Leave for Some Feds
The decision in a contract dispute at the Health and Human Services Department is a setback for a federal union.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Seek to Protect Health Benefits During Future Shutdowns
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
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One in Five TSA Screeners Quits Within Six Months
TSA administrator says low pay is to blame and promises new compensation system soon.
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VA Defends Its Firing Law in Court Against Multiple Constitutional Challenges
Trump's signature civil service reform hangs in the balance.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP Funds Continued to Gain Ground in March
Only the Thrift Savings Plan’s small cap stock index investment fund fell last month.
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Analysis: The Federal Government Gave Up on Retirement Security
As companies shortchange employees with pensions, Treasury and Labor look the other way.
Pay & Benefits
Here's How Agencies Will Distribute the Retroactive Pay Raise
Memo to agencies also clarifies that a pay freeze on top administration officials is still at least partially in effect.
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