Pay & Benefits

As Lawmakers Renew Push for Repeal, OPM Says Workforce Orders Are What Feds Want

Vulnerable Senate Democrats say orders undermine merit system principles and reduce accountability.

Pay & Benefits

13 Things to Know About Your Annuity Options

The choice you make is so important that you should think about it at least a year before you retire.

Pay & Benefits

Retirement Backlog Creeps Up, Justice Backtracks on Link Between OPM Hack and Fraud Case

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Defense

ICE Union Grows Disenchanted With Trump's Immigration Strategy

The union endorsed Trump in 2016, but says he's trying the same failed strategies of other presidents.

Pay & Benefits

Rejecting Agency's Offer, Postal Supervisors Fight for a Bigger Pay Raise

Employees are represented by a management association rather than a union and are on a pay-for-performance system.

Pay & Benefits

Thousands of Feds Would Get Raises Under OPM’s Locality Pay Proposal

Proposed rule would implement Federal Salary Council’s recommendations from 2016, 2017.

Pay & Benefits

A Healthy Tax Advantage

The benefits of health savings accounts.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmaker Looks to Ban Unions at IRS

Congressman says measure would serve as check against partisanship at the agency.

Pay & Benefits

Paid Parental Leave, Human Capital Reviews and More

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Most TSP Funds Flat in June

The Thrift Savings Plans’ portfolios saw little movement last month.

Pay & Benefits

Applications to Border Patrol Spiked in Trump's First Year in Office

The agency is still failing to keep pace with attrition.

Pay & Benefits

Watch Out For TSP Tax Penalties

Here’s how to avoid them.

Management

VA Nominee Promises to Protect Against Privatization, Boost Pay for Some Employees

Robert Wilkie faces little resistance at Senate confirmation hearing.

Pay & Benefits

Expanded Access to Dental Insurance, Rising Participation in Blended Retirement and More

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Trump’s Reorganization of Feds: Relocations and Reskilling, But Not Job Cuts

Plan was "not an attempt to cut jobs," White House says, adding it's more focused on additions.

Pay & Benefits

It’s Not Just About the Money

The importance of wellness in retirement.

Pay & Benefits

1.9% Civilian Pay Raise Survives Committee Vote, Advances to Full Senate

Appropriators voted down an amendment to scrap the raise by a large margin.

Pay & Benefits

A Possible Pay Raise, A Panel Pushes Benefits Cuts, and More

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Senate Approves Major Governmentwide Pay and Hiring Reforms in Defense Bill

Senators will have to fight to preserve workforce reforms such as an increase in allowable buyout amounts to $40K.

Pay & Benefits

Senate Appropriators Ignore Trump's Proposed Pay Freeze, Back 1.9% Raise for Feds

The pay boost, approved by a Senate subcommittee, marks the first pushback in Congress to President Trump’s plan to freeze federal civilian employee pay in 2019.