What Happens to Your Benefits If You Die After You Retire?
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you pass away during retirement.
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you pass away during retirement.
After more than 31 years of federal service, San Diego District Temecula Letter Carrier Ted “Eddie” Nelson made his last faithful completion of his appointed rounds.
The author reminds job seekers that when describing their accomplishments, it is important to describe how they have made those accomplishments as well as how the results were achieved. He offers some guidelines for how to best do this.
Although reducing the number of furlough days is a step in the right direction, AFGE says that DoD should cut back on its use of contractors instead of implementing any furloughs on its workforce.
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) sent a letter this week to OPM director John Berry urging agency heads to eliminate federal employees that do not show up for work, who are not performing official work, or who are simply not working at all as a cost saving means to avoid furloughs of essential employees.
The Supreme Court has broadened the circumstances under which agency can be sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act for so-called “intentional torts” committed by federal law enforcement officers, making those officers less likely to face suits against them in their personal capacity
The author says that it takes about 1,000 hours of committed, hard work to become competent at a difficult skill (like public speaking, for example) and about 5,000 hours to become great at it.
What is the overall impact of the pay freeze on employees retiring in the near future? The author runs some hypothetical numbers to illustrate.
Will a person’s behavior change when getting a written reprimand? The author analyzes the disciplinary process and offers suggestions for those who may be involved in a disciplinary situation.
President Obama has signed into law legislation that funds the government through the fiscal year and extends the federal employee pay freeze.