Pay & Benefits

  • The bill would protect both active duty and reserve members.

    April 01, 2011
  • Ed Zurndorfer, Registered Employee Benefit Consultant, joins the Federal Drive with information on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program

    April 01, 2011
  • Older federal workers, who often suffer from ED, are suddenly in demand among their younger colleagues eager to hear about how they survived the last time Congress and then Mother Nature shutdown the government, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports

    April 01, 2011
  • The launch of phase two of the HR University moves the standardization and professionalization of federal human resources workers closer. The CHCO Council wants to expand the number of training courses and the specific types of classes for agencies. The HR University also provides a career path for federal HR workers.

    March 31, 2011
  • What is the threat of a government shutdown doing to your romance, marriage and number of times you yell at the kids? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a lot depends on your age, family situation and maybe even your geographic location.

    March 31, 2011
  • The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.

    March 30, 2011
  • OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM\'s Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.

    March 30, 2011
  • April 8 could be S-day. S as in shutdown for hundreds of thousands of nonpostal federal workers. The White House is fuming. Congress is feuding and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many federal workers are concerned about an extended time out without pay.

    March 30, 2011
  • The TSP Roth 401(k) option is still an option, but it\'s going to take a little while longer. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has decided to push back the launch of the highly-anticipated program from January 2012 to April.

    March 29, 2011
  • If the government is shut down next week, Congress and the White House will remain open for business and in a pay status so they can work out a deal to reopen the government that was closed because they couldn\'t work out a deal. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains the logic behind the furlough follies.

    March 29, 2011
  • How do you get a federal worker\'s attention? Just say the word \"buyouts\" and wait for the rush. After months of rumored buyouts Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this may be the season for them.

    March 28, 2011
  • If a mobile worker is teleworking, does that mean they\'re in the office?

    March 28, 2011
  • Linda Brooks Rix, Co-CEO of AVUE Technologies, joins host Derrick Dortch for a discussion of how the budget battle is affecting federal hiring and concerns she has about the Office of Personnel Management. March 25, 2011 (Encore presentation April 1, 2011)

    March 25, 2011