Benefits

COVID-19, Anxiety and the Workplace

Labor and employment attorney David Barron joins our partner site podcast to discuss mental heath accommodations in the workplace.

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More Open Season tips for feds and annuitants

Our partner site podcast hosts Kevin Moss, who discusses health care options.

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Open Season: A checklist for federal annuitants

For starters, make sure you check if your premium is increasing, so you’re not caught off guard next year.

Benefits

Health insurance options for veterans

There are lots of choices, especially for those who have joined the civilian federal workforce.

Employee Policy

Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness update ...

Savi's Tobin van Ostern joins our partner site podcast to discuss the PSLF and its future.

Retirement

Proposed OPM rule would align congressional retirement dates and contributions with those of feds

Laws passed in 2012 and 2013 changed retirement benefits and contributions for members of Congress and their staff.

Pay & Benefits

Everything You Need to Know For Open Season 2022

All our Open Season coverage in one place to help you make the best decision this season.

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An Open Season checklist for federal employees

With 2023 about to bring the largest premium increase in the last decade, federal employees should consider whether their existing health insurance plan is still the best fit.

Employee Policy

The high toll of work on mental health—and the resulting hit to productivity

A new survey shows that more than a third of workers say their jobs are a drag on their mental health. Sadly, government employees top the list of those reporting ill effects.

Benefits

The future of federal pay and benefits

Financial experts Dallen Haws and Abraham Grungold, as part of the State of the Federal Workforce event, joined our partner site podcast to discuss how feds can get the most out of their benefits.

Pay & Benefits

An Open Season Checklist for Federal Employees

With the largest premium increase in the last 10 years, federal employees should consider whether their existing health insurance plan is still the best fit.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: The Future of Federal Pay and Benefits

As part of the State of the Federal Workforce event, financial experts Dallen Haws and Abraham Grungold joined the podcast to discuss how feds can get the most out of their benefits.

Benefits

DOD health plan cuts pharmacy network by nearly 15,000 outlets

Many were small, independent operations that already had decided not to participate next year due to lowered reimbursements. But many were surprised by their dismissal—and patients with specialized drug needs could face difficulties in the transition.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Do Organizations Care About Workers' Financial Wellness?

Employee Benefit Research Institute's Paul Fronstin joins the podcast to discuss the 2022 Workplace Wellness Survey.

Employee Policy

The fight to codify Civil Service protections

Professor of public policy and political science Dr. Donald Kettl joins our partner site podcast to discuss the future of anti-Schedule F legislation.

TSP

TSP funds tick up after two months of losses

Nearly all of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan posted gains in October.

Exclusive Pay

Sen. Kaine ‘optimistic’ that anti-Schedule F bill will get a floor vote this year

The Democratic senator said that Trump's abortive effort to make thousands of federal workers effectively at-will employees was not really aimed at dealing with poor performers, and was “not honest.”

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Student Loan Forgiveness and customer service

Georgetown University’s Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan join our partner site podcast to discuss the lack of administrative burdens in the new Education Department application.

Employee Policy

Sens. Feinstein and Kaine: Congress must act to protect federal workers

The legislators argue that Congress needs to pass legislation that would prevent future presidents from replacing career, nonpartisan federal employees with political appointees. 

Benefits

Education Dept. issues more rules to simplify Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Rules set to take effect next July expand which past loan repayments will apply for the program as well as simplify the employment certification process for some applicants.