Pay & Benefits
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What should you do if you lose your job and don't receive severance pay or a buyout? Find out when estate planner Tom O'Rourke joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 30, 2017
August 29, 2017 -
The number of millionaire federal employees is growing rapidly. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes they earned their wealth by saving and smartly investing their money over a number of decades.
August 29, 2017 -
Federal taxes take a good bite out of everyone's paycheck. But it's the same no matter where you live. State taxes are another matter.
August 24, 2017 -
Many of the pundits and experts who predicted that Donald Trump would never be elected also said that if he did, the stock market would tank, big time. Were they right?
August 24, 2017 -
More than 200,000 U.S. Postal Service employees have just received their first two catch-up cost-of-living adjustments, and will soon receive their third COLA.
August 23, 2017 -
Federal retirees can't run out of money in retirement, but they can lose buying power big-time the longer they stay retired.
August 23, 2017 -
How long should your investments last during your retirement? Find out when financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 23, 2017
August 22, 2017 -
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) asked the Office of Personnel Management to explain why members of Congress and their staff continue to receive an employer contribution towards their health insurance coverage.
August 17, 2017 -
Depending on whose calendar you use, members of Congress have about 44 working days left between Labor Day and the end of 2017.
August 17, 2017 -
Workloads are on the rise for government attorneys at all levels — federal, state and local. One reason is the retirement of baby boom-era civil servants.
August 15, 2017 -
Retirees are predicting, or praying for, a minimum 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment next January. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we'll have to wait and see.
August 15, 2017 -
If you're a federal, postal, or military retiree, or you receive Social Security, it looks like you may be getting a modest cost-of-living adjustment starting in your January check.
August 14, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management saw an uptick in its retirement claims backlog in July after it brought the inventory down to its lowest point in the year just a month before.
August 08, 2017 -
Federal retirees beware: What if your grandson calls and says he's in jail on a DUI and needs you to wire the court $2,800 ASAP? Most people would probably get the cash, then find a place they could wire it, only to learn it's a scam.
August 08, 2017 -
Tammy Flanagan of the National Institute of Transition Planning provides an overview of the changes going on with federal retirement.
August 07, 2017