Pay
Locality pay tweaks, possible Social Security changes—and more
These news items come as part of a weekly roundup of pay and benefits developments ...
Employee Policy
Deployed FEMA responders will receive new job protections now, after much-hailed reform
Officials say the change will help retain key personnel and avoid staffing crises.
Employee Policy
Survey: More than 1 in 3 government employees haven’t taken a vacation in a year
Public sector employees cite the cost of taking time off as a key reason why they aren’t vacationing.
Benefits
Lawmakers are urging OPM to beef up feds’ fertility benefits
Democrats in both chambers of Congress bemoaned the abridged—and often expensive—coverage of treatments such as in vitro fertilization in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Are Urging OPM to Beef up Feds’ Fertility Benefits
Democrats in both chambers of Congress bemoaned the abridged—and often expensive—coverage of treatments such as in vitro fertilization in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Employee Policy
Do some 9/11 responders have a new kind of dementia?
World Trade Center responders who have PTSD may have a new, specific form of dementia, a new study suggests.
Employee Policy
The Biden Administration ends COVID-19 testing aimed at unvaccinated workers
Employees across the federal workforce will soon face the same safety protocols regardless of vaccination status.
Financial Planning
Retirement: Providing for your survivors
Feds, you have a range of options for guaranteeing a source of income for others in the event of your death, as Tammy Flanagan explains.
Employee Policy
Employee group renews calls for agencies to protect feds, post-Roe
Among the requests: administrative leave and travel reimbursement—to cover federal workers who must travel across state lines to receive abortion services—as well as to opt out of relocating to states that ban the procedure.
Financial Planning
Financial tips from a TSP millionaire
Financial professional and longtime fed Abraham Grungold joins our partner GovExec's podcast to discuss the Thrift Savings Plan
Workforce
A Federal Employee Group Has Renewed Calls for Agencies to Protect Workers Post-Roe
Among the requests are for administrative leave and travel reimbursement for federal workers who must travel across state lines to receive abortion services, as well as the ability to opt out of relocating to states that ban the procedure.
Employee Policy
It’s time to treat the federal workforce better
Reducing employee burnout will help agencies retain the employees they need to advance their mission.
Benefits
HHS is establishing a new office targeting long COVID
The effort to manage this particular scourge comes as part of our partner site's weekly list of news updates on COVID that you may have missed.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: Financial Tips From a TSP Millionaire
Financial professional and longtime fed Abraham Grungold joins the podcast to discuss the Thrift Savings Plan
Retirement
What you need to know about Social Security and federal retirement
The latest on this key element of the government’s retirement package.
Pay
Another firefighter compensation bill passes, and more ...
A bill providing better pay for federal firefighters passed in the House, and separately a measure to reform retirement for federal first responders advanced, along with other newsworthy items in our weekly roundup on pay and benefits.
Retirement
How to plan for your retirement
Guests from over the last year on the GovExec podcast discuss the TSP, planning and preparation for your life after work.
Benefits
Security clearance experts encourage national security workers to seek mental health treatment
The government and private sector are pushing to improve the narrative around mental health care.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: How to Plan For Your Retirement
GovExec Daily guests from the last year discuss the TSP, planning and preparation for your life after work.
Employee Policy