Retirement Claims Backlog Grows Again in February
OPM saw its outstanding backlog of retirement applications grow for a second straight month in February.
OPM saw its outstanding backlog of retirement applications grow for a second straight month in February.
According to new data released by Gallup, federal employees are better off overall in their financial well-being when compared to their counterparts in the private sector.
How do you feel when you get your paycheck each week? Do you feel appreciated for your work? The author points out that showing appreciation to employees at work goes beyond just handing out paychecks.
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) has introduced legislation that would change the pension benefit formula for federal employees to use the highest five years of earnings to calculate pension benefits.
Proposed legislation t would make federal Correctional Officers exempt from the TSP early withdrawal penalty that applies when retiring before age 55.
My agency or, at least, my location, does not afford part-time employees the option of selecting comp-time for hours in excess of 8 per day or 40 per week. Is this difference between full-time and part-time employees permissible?
The author says that the most basic problem in Social Security over the last 80 years is the way that Congress can use the system to buy votes today at the expense of workers in the future.
Legislation that was introduced in January by Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL) that would allow the VA secretary to recoup bonuses from VA employees passed the House this week and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
Legislation introduced in the Senate this week would give approximately 7,500 mid-level managers at the Postal Service the right to appeal adverse actions to the MSPB.
The occupations with the highest number of federal employees making over $100,000 has changed since 2010 with new occupations taking the place of several former occupations. Which occupations are growing faster and how many federal employees are in each job category?