Benefits
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When the Social Security Administration denies someone's claim for supplemental or disability payments, there are a lot of ways to appeal that decision. But the process can and often does take years.
August 21, 2020 -
Planning to use the new paid parental leave program later this fall? What you need to know about requesting leave and signing your service agreement.
August 13, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management has added a few new dental and vision insurance options for federal employees ahead of the upcoming open season.
August 12, 2020 -
Six months into an historically-lethal pandemic that potentially threatens everybody on the planet is probably a pretty good time to update or begin your personal financial checklist.
August 12, 2020 -
Issuing regulations on the new paid parental leave benefits is a key step toward implementing the new program, which goes into effect Oct. 1. They're 85 pages long, and be sure to read the fine print.
August 10, 2020 -
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management, effective Monday, detail how "essential" federal employees can hold on to the annual leave they'd otherwise have to forfeit at the end of the year because their service is needed during the coronavirus pandemic. The regulations apply to future national emergencies too.
August 07, 2020 -
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management detail how federal employees can use the highly-anticipated new paid parental leave program, which goes into effect in less than three months.
August 07, 2020 -
Some are predicting the impact of the virus on the economy, nerves and personal relations may actually trigger a tidal wave of retirements in many agencies.
July 29, 2020 -
New draft regulations from the Office of Personnel Management will ensure employees and annuitants experience no major interruptions to their federal health, dental, vision and life insurance during future government shutdowns.
July 17, 2020 -
The Government Accountability Office found that the bureau has not evaluated whether the data sources it feeds into the indexes produce accurate ones.
July 08, 2020 -
The Moving Forward Act would require USPS to replace its fleet of Grumman Long-Life Vehicles with at least 75% “electric or zero-emission vehicles.”
July 03, 2020 -
The House Armed Services Committee easily passed its version of the 2021 defense authorization bill Wednesday night. The bill contains provisions needed to guarantee paid parental leave coverage to Federal Aviation Administration, Veterans Health Administration and other federal employees left out of the original law.
July 02, 2020 -
Employees overwhelmingly see the importance and value in existing federal health and retirement benefits, and in many cases, these programs are a top recruitment and retention incentive, a new Office of Personnel Management survey found.
July 01, 2020 -
The department created the data management position within the office of the Chief Management Officer in 2018. But as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress moved the CDO job to the CIO’s office.
June 22, 2020 -
Forthcoming regulations from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to restore forfeited annual leave to federal employees whose service is needed during the coronavirus pandemic -- but only in certain circumstances.
June 19, 2020