Alternative Pay Plan Submitted for Federal Employees in 2017: 1.6% Average Raise
President Obama has submitted an Alternative Pay Plan for 2017. The average federal pay raise would be 1.6%.
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President Obama has submitted an Alternative Pay Plan for 2017. The average federal pay raise would be 1.6%.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is working to raise funds to help with the effort to eliminate Alzheimer’s.
OPM has proposed eliminating a number of job classifications due to a lack of federal employees who currently hold jobs within them.
Doing the high-three calculation manually always has been difficult. However, there is a simpler way of performing this calculation as the author explains.
Believe it or not, the TV drama Blue Bloods can teach us about writing better emails and improving our writing generally). Here are some lessons we can learn from the show.
The author says there are at least four issues in the current labor relations system which need correcting to make government work more efficiently and effectively. He outlines each issue as he sees them and what his suggestions are for fixing them.
What is the correct pay when there is an unscheduled shift change for a General Schedule employee?
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) is hosting his 8th annual FEHB open season workshop for the 2017 benefits year to help federal employees and retirees with their benefits planning decisions.
The 2016 election and turnover of administrations means that changes could be in store for federal agencies. The author says that whatever those changes might be, they will require an Office of Personnel Management that is effective and can turn statutory changes into regulations and policies that work. He provides some suggestions for enacting positive change at the agency.
OMB and OPM have released authorization levels for specified employee awards for the current fiscal year. Caps have also been removed for payment of other awards that were capped at fiscal year 2010 levels.