Pay & Benefits
Quiz: What Happens to Your Pay and Benefits During a Shutdown?
Test your knowledge of what will happen if Congress lets appropriations run out for some agencies on Dec. 21.
Management
HHS Proposes Substantial Limits on Telework
The department and union officials have until Dec. 15 to reach accord before an independent panel imposes terms for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Pay & Benefits
See Who Would Get Furloughed in a Christmas Shutdown
Nearly 350,000 feds could be sent home without pay come Dec. 21.
Pay & Benefits
As Spending Talks Break Down, a Pay Raise for Feds Hangs in the Balance
Lawmakers continue to negotiate how to include a 1.9 percent increase for civilian employees in a shutdown-averting bill.
Pay & Benefits
What You Need to Know If You Already Scheduled Leave and Your Agency Shuts Down
A primer for feds planning end-of-year vacations.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Overpayments, TSP Hardship Withdrawals and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Administration Removes Guidance Supporting Transgender Feds
Top diversity official calls the move a "shock to many" that was "hard for me as well."
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Continue to Retire in Greater Numbers Than in Previous Years
The Office of Personnel Management has managed to keep the claims backlog in check, despite the increase. Separately, OPM clarifies hiring preference for Gold Star fathers.
Pay & Benefits
Last-Minute Shopping Tips for Open Season
Advice for procrastinators on evaluating your health insurance options.
Pay & Benefits
Budget Analysts: Bill Targeting Official Time Would Cost More than It Saves
Legislation from Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., seeks to cut the retirement benefits of some federal workers who use official time.
Pay & Benefits
New Locality Pay Areas Finalized, a Pay Raise Decision Delayed and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Management
Postal Task Force Recommends Eliminating Workers' Rights to Bargain Over Pay
The group’s long awaited report stops short of privatization calls, but would kneecap postal unions.
Defense
Analysis: Deployed Civilians Can’t Get Worker’s Comp — and That’s Bad News for a Military that Depends on Them
Thanks to a legal double standard, a civilian injured or sickened in a warzone has an impossible burden of proof.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP Funds Rebounded in November
The Thrift Savings Plan’s portfolio of international stocks continued to stall last month.
Oversight
Ill Nuclear Workers’ Benefits Petitions Have to Be Reviewed Within 6 Months. Some Have Languished About a Decade.
A petition filed by a Los Alamos worker has been in limbo for 10 years. At the Savannah River Site, a petition has lingered for 11 years. At Sandia National Laboratories, workers have been waiting seven years for a final decision.
Pay & Benefits
The Secrets to a Financially Secure Retirement
Observations about those who have succeeded in the planning process.
Management
Report: Trump Draws Red Line Ahead of Shutdown Deadline
A demand for $5 billion in border wall funding could complicate efforts to provide a pay raise for federal workers in 2019.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Have a Good Chance of Getting Christmas Eve Off This Year
Presidents have historically granted feds a vacation day on Dec. 24 to make a four-day weekend in years when Christmas falls on a Tuesday.
Pay & Benefits