Pay & Benefits

  • 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
  • Career coach Kathryn Troutman of the Resume Place discusses the current federal hiring outlook and how to land a federal job. March 25, 2011

    March 25, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management is calling for federal employee health insurance carriers to propose more wellness and prevention programs.

    March 25, 2011
  • The speed of light dictates a lot of things in the realm of physics, and now it\'s dictating how and where financial institutions do their trading.

    March 25, 2011
  • The agency will issue its first Call Letter of 2011 Friday detailing suggestions for insurance carriers to focus on wellness and healthy lifestyles. Director Berry also wants insurance providers to offer affinity benefits for domestic partners of federal employees. Later this year, OPM will launch a new medical claims database to improve the plans.

    March 25, 2011
  • If you are a member of the SES, the bad news is that Uncle Sam wants you to give up all of the performance-pay raise you got last year. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the good news is that you won\'t have to pay back what you\'ve already been given and probably spent.

    March 25, 2011
  • The Postal Service will offer $20,000 early retirement incentives to administrative employees, who must make a decision on whether to leave USPS by late April. RIF notices will be issued on May 25 to any affected employees who do not voluntarily retire or move to a lower grade.

    March 24, 2011
  • Federal News Radio tracks the bills that take aim at federal employees\' pay and benefits.

    March 24, 2011
  • A program designed to help severely wounded veterans get life-long care isn\'t working the way it should.

    March 24, 2011
  • Congress has heard from experts on federal pay and benefits - now they want to hear from the average fed. Rep. Dennis Ross joins us with details.

    March 24, 2011
  • Whistleblowers in the intel community could lose their pensions under a new bill, if they\'re caught leaking even non-classified information. We ask attorney Debra Roth if this changes what a leak is.

    March 24, 2011