Changes for Social Security in 2015
These are some of the changes you can expect to see with Social Security next year.
Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
These are some of the changes you can expect to see with Social Security next year.
The author looks at Federal Wage System rules for deciding what qualifies as night work, how much night pay will be, and any conditions that may impact receipt of night pay for a WG, WL or WS employee assigned to a shift that includes night hours.
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa expressed concern this week at the findings of a new report, issued at his request, documenting that tens of thousands of federal employees were on paid leave for at least one month and several hundred employees for nine months to three years, over a recent three-year period.
No action has been taken on a recommendation to approve new locality pay areas in 2015.
What will the COLA be in 2015? Here is a quick summary. The percentage will be less than the increase of the average FEHB increase next year.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the government will extend federal benefits to same-sex married couples in seven states where federal appeals courts have struck down bans on the unions.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently issued guidance to Federal agencies to assist in the implementation of the President’s three-part call to action plan to address barriers to employment for the long term unemployed.
Reps. John Mica (R-FL) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) recently sent a letter to the head of the Government Accountability Office requesting an investigation into potential mismanagement and abuse of federally issued charge cards.
OPM is proposing a rule that would extend life insurance coverage to the children of same-sex couples who work for the federal government.
OPM reports that $157,196,468 was spent on official time expenses for unions in fiscal year 2012. What role do politics and the influence of unions in the administration play in this report and the reported numbers?