Pay & Benefits
Why Every Active Federal Employee Should Consider a Flexible Spending Account
You can contribute pre-tax dollars for qualified health care expenses, among other things.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Authorized a New Way Agencies Can Help Feds with Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Federal agencies can now certify a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program applicant’s past service elsewhere in the government.
Pay & Benefits
A Closer Look at 2023 Federal Employee Health Benefits Premiums
Wondering how the increase might impact your FEHB plan choice? We’ll walk you through it.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Choosing the Best 2023 Dates to Retire
Tammy Flanagan joins the podcast to discuss her annual best dates to retire column.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Approves an Emergency Leave Transfer Program for Workers Affected by Hurricane Ian
This is the third leave donation program in the past 60 days.
Pay & Benefits
GovExec Daily: Inflation, Social Security and the COLA
The Alliance for Retired Americans' Richard Fiesta joins the podcast to discuss inflation and the recent cost of living adjustment for retirees.
Workforce
The Senate’s Defense Authorization Act Omits Most Workforce Provisions, For Now
Although many workforce-related policies included in the House-passed version of the annual defense policy bill are not included in the Senate’s latest draft of the bill, most could be added as amendments next month.
Workforce
OPM Authorizes Emergency Hiring for Hurricane Response
The federal government’s HR agency also reminded agencies of the variety of categories of leave available to federal workers impacted by a pair of recent severe storms.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Has Authorized Another Round of Paid Leave For Feds to Get COVID-19 Boosters
As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to encourage Americans to receive the latest COVID-19 booster, federal workers will get up to four hours of paid leave for the shot.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Feds Will Pay More Toward Health Care Premiums This Coming Year
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premiums.
Pay & Benefits
More than 100 Lawmakers Urge the Biden Administration To Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waivers
Although the Education Department has proposed regulations to make permanent many provisions of a temporary waiver program aimed at making the popular program easier to navigate, those rules won’t take effect until next year.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Will Pay 8.7% More Toward Health Care Premiums Next Year
The Office of Personnel Management said increased use of health care services as the COVID-19 pandemic has waned has led to the sharpest uptick in health insurance premiums in more than a decade.
Pay & Benefits
A Federal Judge Will Allow a Federal Worker to Pursue Overtime Backpay From Training
A lawsuit challenges regulations from the Office of Personnel Management that state that federal employees cannot receive overtime pay in connection with entry-level job training.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Approves Multiple Emergency Leave Transfer Programs
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Your Guide to Pay and Benefits During a Shutdown
Although lawmakers are loath to let appropriations lapse ahead of an election, complications remain over permitting reform and other measures expected to be included in legislation to keep the government open.
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.
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.
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
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.
Pay & Benefits
The House Has Cleared the Way for Biden’s 4.6% Pay Raise Plan
Lawmakers effectively endorsed the president’s pay raise proposal for federal workers Wednesday, although the Senate has yet to weigh in on the issue.
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