Pay & Benefits

A TSP Call Center Spike, Shutdown Back Pay and More

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

OPM Confirms Back Pay for Feds Affected by Latest Shutdown

Memo continues pay freeze for top political officials until March.

Pay & Benefits

White House Budget Plan Praises the TSP, Then Cuts It

Plan to change G Fund returns would make fresh retirees invested in the L Income Fund run out of savings eight years earlier.

Pay & Benefits

Retiring Sooner Than You Expected

Sometimes you can take advantage of exceptions to the standard rules. But that’s where things can get complicated.

Pay & Benefits

Workforce Plan Stresses Pay for Performance, OPM Nominee Advances, and More

A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Why Trump’s Performance Pay Fund Won’t Happen in 2019

Proposed $1 billion interagency award pool would only be big enough to give feds currently meeting or exceeding performance standards an average boost of $481 next year.

Oversight

Senate Panel to Vote on OPM Nominations After Long Wait

Hearing ends years of stalling over Obamacare rule process.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Suggests USPS Cut Retirement, Health Benefits in $80B Savings Package

Proposal includes a rate hike and cutting delivery frequency.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Calls for 'Reskilling' Federal Workforce, Firing ‘Overhaul’ and Reducing Union Influence

Budget is light on specifics but supports broad civil service reforms.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Formalizes 2019 Pay Freeze Proposal, Revives Benefits Cuts

The freeze is coupled with a $1 billion interagency fund to reward high performers as a first step in moving the civil service toward pay for performance.

Pay & Benefits

Trump’s Budget Will Push Performance-Based Pay for Feds

Monday’s release to recommend transfer of $10 billion over a decade away from the “tenure-based” civil service system and to bonuses for valuable workers.

Pay & Benefits

Budget Deal Includes No Changes to Federal Employee Compensation

Pay and benefits are not among the offsets to spending increases, quelling federal employee group fears for now.

Pay & Benefits

Divorce and Your Benefits

When it comes to splitting up, it’s important to pay attention to the details.

Pay & Benefits

Federal Employee Union Preps for Year of Benefits Battles

NTEU members lobby lawmakers amid shutdown threat and ahead of budget launch.

Pay & Benefits

New Recruitment Incentives, Agriculture Telework Policy Delayed, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Congress Launches Investigation Into Federal Agencies' Sexual Misconduct Settlements

Lawmakers demand more transparency as a "first step" to addressing the problem.

Pay & Benefits

OPM Runs Into Annual Retirement Surge

Nearly 15,000 workers opted to leave federal service in January, in line with previous years.

Pay & Benefits

Preparing to Live a Long, Healthy Life

Long-range planning should include both wealth and health management.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Ends January Mostly in the Black

All but one fund grew at the beginning of 2018.

Pay & Benefits

Republican Lawmakers Applaud Trump’s Call to Fire More Feds, Pledge to Pass Reforms

Authors of the law Trump cited in his State of the Union address want to see VA’s new authorities expanded.