Pay & Benefits
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With two months to go in the inflation-catch-up countdown, the tens of millions who receive civil service benefits, military retired pay or Social Security are currently at the 2.71 percent level.
August 13, 2018 -
Are you retiring at the first opportunity? Or are you planning to work extra because you like the job or your coworkers and want to build your annuity?
August 10, 2018 -
Many experts say that the current bull market began in March 2009 and if it lasts through this month it will be the longest in history. Others say it didn’t start until much, much later.
August 09, 2018 -
Tune in to the August 3rd FedTalk and join host Tony Vergnetti and Michael Livingston from the Livingston Financial Group to hear about important financial planning strategies for all federal employees to consider. They will talk about your Thrift Savings Plan Contributions, Fund Choices, Investment Basics, and Withdraw Options. They will also discuss the upcoming changes to the TSP from the TSP modernization act that was signed in December 2017. August 3, 2018
August 08, 2018 -
The Office of Personnel Management's latest monthly retirement claims report shows progress in some areas but the backlog is still not budging.
August 07, 2018 -
Today the House is in recess until after Labor Day. Proposed changes in FERS, which would require you to pay 6 percent more for the benefit while cost of living adjustments would be eliminated for retirees, seem less urgent.
August 06, 2018 -
Thanks to the FERS, CSRS and Social Security retirement programs, some feds will have guaranteed lifetime payments worth $1 million to $2 million. Are you one of them? If not, what can you do to reach your retirement goals? Find out when attorney Thomas J. O'Rourke joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 1, 2018
August 01, 2018 -
Thanks to the Federal Employees Retirement System, the Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security retirement programs many people in the federal government will have guaranteed lifetime payments worth $1 to $2 million.
August 01, 2018 -
Imagine the financial and emotional hangover you would have today if some, most or all of your retirement nest egg had been invested in the Thrift Savings Plan's T Fund? That's "T" for technical stocks.
July 30, 2018 -
Is there a federal pay raise in your future? And what's the status of legislation to reform the Federal Employees Retirement System? Find out when Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. July 25, 2018
July 25, 2018 -
There's talk that some kind of raise, either 1.9 percent by some counts or 3 percent as proposed by congressional friends of feds, could be worked out via the appropriation process after the midterm election. If so, it would be exactly the same raise nonpostal feds got last January.
July 24, 2018 -
Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) again introduced a bill that would provide a federal paid parental leave program for employees. This time, the legislation would authorize up to 12 weeks of leave instead of six.
July 23, 2018 -
Tune in to the July 20th FedTalk to hear about the changing face of federal space exploration and research, including the increased reliance on public/private partnerships with academia and private organizations such as Boeing and SpaceX. July 20, 2018
July 19, 2018 -
The Pentagon says it's upholding the original intent of the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill by insisting that a key component of the bill is not an entitlement, and only a retention incentive.
July 17, 2018 -
Do you remember what your work-wise, midsummer nightmares were this time last year? Even if you were on vacation this time last year, chances are you were thankful that the very real shutdown threatened for April didn’t materialize.
July 17, 2018