Pay & Benefits

  • If you\'re off today, enjoy it because, as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reminds us, many federal workers are on the job today and for thousands of private sector employees this is one of those holidays that isn\'t.

    October 11, 2010
  • Oct. 15 is fast approaching and is a key deadline for millions of individual taxpayers who requested an extension to file their 2009 tax returns. But it\'s also an important deadline for some feds! Ed Zurndorfer, registered employee benefit consultant, explains.

    October 08, 2010
  • A fire at the U.S. Department of Commerce has shut down the Hoover Building in D.C.. Construction workers had been doing asbestos abatement when the fire started in a storage room. Crews were able to quickly put out the fire but employees are being encouraged to take administrative leave or telework.

    October 08, 2010
  • Groups representing federal workers, managers and executives are calling in a lot of IOUs. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they\'re trying to keep Congress from freezing federal pay and furloughing workers.

    October 08, 2010
  • More than 400 employees will spend another fiscal year setting their own schedules and focusing on performance instead of worrying about where they are working. OPM is redoing performance plans to incorporate the Results Only Work Environment approach.

    October 07, 2010
  • More than 400 employees will spend another fiscal year setting their own schedules and focusing on performance instead of worrying about where they are working. OPM is redoing performance plans to incorporate the Results Only Work Environment approach.

    October 07, 2010
  • Arlene Holt Baker AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Jacque Simon AFGE Public Policy Director Chris Garlock Director, D.C. Labor FilmFest

    October 07, 2010
  • The NSPS Transition Office is working itself out of a job. We get an update from director John James.

    October 07, 2010
  • Voting by mail is many people\'s idea of bringing democracy to the people, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it works best when the mail ballots are actually delivered.

    October 07, 2010
  • Health premiums go up an average of 7.2 percent for feds in 2011. What do you need to know about changes in your benefits, deductibles, and copayments? David Snell, insurance expert for National Active and Retired Federal Employees, is Mike\'s guest this week on Your Turn. October 6, 2010

    October 06, 2010
  • More than 400 bills have passed the House than the Senate. The Hill\'s Ian Swanson says he thinks only two are sure to survive.

    October 06, 2010
  • Now that we know the FEHBP\'s 2011 premiums, feds are waiting for the next shoe to drop: what is going to happen to your deductibles, copayments and prescription drug schedules? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that\'s even more important than premiums themselves.

    October 06, 2010
  • Federal News Radio\'s Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains what the FEBP increase means for your benefits package.

    October 05, 2010
  • Things are looking up for the TSP in September. Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Thrift Savings Board, joined Chris Dorobek on The Dorobek Insider to talk about the numbers and the positive…

    October 05, 2010