Pay
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Who knows if there will be a pay raise... but one thing is for sure, health insurance premiums will be going up. The issue is, what will you pay them with?
August 05, 2019 -
The 2019 Bipartisan Budget Act sets defense and non-defense spending limits for the next two years, but much of the real work remains when Congress returns from August recess.
August 02, 2019 -
The windfall elimination provision reduces the Social Security benefit for someone with less than 30 years of covered service if they qualify for an SSA benefit after as little as five years of covered service.
August 02, 2019 -
Brian Wagner, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, explains why the group is suing USPS for higher postal manager pay.
August 01, 2019 -
The idea that the recent budget agreement between House and Senate leaders and President Trump guarantees there will be no shutdown is wrong.
July 31, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Association of Postal Supervisors has filed a lawsuit against USPS seeking back pay to match private sector pay.
July 30, 2019 -
Despite tough talk from Congress and the White House, the federal employee benefits package has so-far remained untouched.
July 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill in the House would replace the Windfall Elimination Provision which currently cuts Social Security benefits for federal retirees who worked in a private sector job and also receive a government pension.
July 29, 2019 -
The new budget deal between Congress and the White House includes a two-year ban on sequestration-related furloughs for federal workers.
July 25, 2019 -
The Marines will rethink their bonus structure and promotion system.
July 22, 2019 -
Turns out the plan to move Washington-based civil servants closer to the geographic areas they deal with, and the taxpayers they serve, isn’t as cut-and-dried as getting a new Amazon facility.
July 22, 2019 -
Short answer is: Yes. You’d think an official, book-length report on how screwed up federal salaries are would be a bestseller both in major federal enclaves — Washington, D.C., Ogden, Utah, Oklahoma City, Huntsville, Ala.…
July 15, 2019 -
Three members of the Federal Salary Council have made their official recommendations to the President's pay agent suggesting how to improve the way government evaluates and compensates federal employees.
July 11, 2019 -
Some see federal employment as a protected world of benefits, protections, a great place to retire from, etc. But the reality is sometimes very different.
July 11, 2019 -
A lot of people are now wondering if it's a good time to get out of government and do something else. Jeff Neal reminds feds that an ill-informed move could land you somewhere that is worse than where you are now.
July 10, 2019