early retirement

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees can expect another small increase in benefits in 2018. Preliminary figures suggest an increase of around 2 percent. That would mean an extra $25 a month for the average beneficiary. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce the cost-of-living adjustment on Oct. 13, 2017.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

SSA early retirement offers attract fewer than 200 employees

About 6,800 Social Security Administration employees were eligible for early-retirement offers, the agency said. Employees must leave the agency by Dec. 31.

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SSA continues to transform workforce by offering early retirement

Retirement

A Transportation Security Adminstration (TSA) transport security officer inspects a can which was packed in a suitcase flagged for a seconday inspection at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The can and the suitcase it was packed in was flagged for a secondary inspection at the intial TSA checkpoint the passenger passed through. TSA’s social media presence has been something of a model for other federal agencies _ striking a tone is humorous, but still gives travelers informational dos and don’ts. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Does TSA have a retention problem?

Federal Newscast

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2017 file photo shows The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building in Washington. The EPA says an internal task force appointed to revamp how the nation's most polluted sites are cleaned up generated no record of its deliberations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA may offer more buyouts, early retirement, depending on funding from Congress

Pay

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USPS offers early retirement to 26,000 mail handlers, clerks

Workforce

Nearly half of EPA watchdog’s buyouts issued to ineligible employees

Workforce

Note pad with pen, calculator and cheque book and cash. Check book. Shallow depth of field

EPA employees ‘rolling the dice’ as they consider VERA/VSIP, FY18 budget cuts

Workforce

Life after retirement

Your Turn

Third round of early retirements, buyouts coming to Air Force civilians

The Air Force offers a third and final round of early retirement and buyout offers this fiscal year. The service said this time it\’s targeting civilian…

Defense

More agencies turn to targeted buyouts, early retirements

While the latest rounds of buyouts and early retirements span agencies as diverse as the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Interior Department’s Bureau…

Defense

Buyouts: From off-the-rack to tailor made

Mike Causey

Now that early-outs and buyouts are popping up in various agencies, the obvious question, for younger and older workers is: What’s in it for me? Unlike the one-size fits all buyouts of the 1990s, the new version is tailor-made to individual groups, grades and regions, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

early retirement

SSA early retirement offers attract fewer than 200 employees

SSA continues to transform workforce by offering early retirement

Does TSA have a retention problem?

EPA may offer more buyouts, early retirement, depending on funding from Congress

USPS offers early retirement to 26,000 mail handlers, clerks

Oversight group tags DoD with $675M in wasteful spending overseas

$40,000 buyouts limited to defense civilians

Hundreds of employees have left the EPA

Nearly half of EPA watchdog’s buyouts issued to ineligible employees

EPA employees ‘rolling the dice’ as they consider VERA/VSIP, FY18 budget cuts

Life after retirement

Third round of early retirements, buyouts coming to Air Force civilians

More agencies turn to targeted buyouts, early retirements

Buyouts: From off-the-rack to tailor made