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Open season gives federal employees and retirees an annual opportunity to make changes to their health, dental and vision insurance plans for the upcoming year. But relatively few federal employees make many changes to their coverage during a given year. The Office of Personnel Management and other experts often say those participants are missing out on better deals – and the chance to review whether their current plans are truly meeting their health needs.
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The nine appropriations bills that Senate Democrats unveiled Monday are silent on the topic of federal pay, meaning they'll defer to the president's recommendation for a 2.7% raise for employees in 2022.
The Office of Personnel Management will propose expanding coverage under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) to include federal employees on temporary, seasonal and intermittent schedules.
When choosing when to retire, employees often fall into two groups, one federal benefits expert said. So where do you sit?
While certainly relief to Social Security recipients, that big adjustment is a sign of a scary economy.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives misclassified more than 90 administrative positions as law enforcement jobs — and provided special premium pay typically reserved for criminal investigators and other officers to some employees.
A cost of living adjustment this size carries a double message. First, that inflation is back, and second, that not everybody will get the full increase. Some will even get nothing, meaning even more belt-tightening!
The AbilityOne Commission, an independent federal agency, issued a proposed rule Tuesday that would bar federal contractors and subcontractors from paying a “subminimum wage” to workers who are blind, or have a physical or mental disability.
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is looking into pay abuse at the law enforcement agency.
For the vast majority of feds still on the payroll, plus a growing number of those already retired under the newer Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), big COLAs mean fiscal heartburn.
The talent marketplace for officers and other programs will still go as planned.
Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the year 2022