Social Security vs. Federal Employees: Cumulative Pay Increases
The author compares the historical pay increases of current federal employees to retirees on Social Security to see which group comes out ahead.
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The author compares the historical pay increases of current federal employees to retirees on Social Security to see which group comes out ahead.
A California letter carrier found a unique way to “pay it forward” to his long time friend and co-worker.
The author suggests that with the impacts from sequestration, now may be a good time to re-assess results from the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey in identifying a way ahead.
The “chained CPI” seems more likely than it did when the concept was first announced. What is the chained CPI and how would it impact current and future federal retirees?
OPM director John Berry issued two supplemental memoranda regarding pay adjustments in response to the president’s executive order that officially acknowledges the extension of the pay freeze through 2013.
A new executive order and guidance from OPM formally announced the extension of the pay freeze through the end of 2013.
In a reversal of 30 years of precedent and, arguably the view of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the MSPB has changed its case law on an Agency’s obligations in removing employees when the employee refuses a directed reassignment. The author points out that this Board appears on a mission to limit agency discretion despite history and precedent.
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service shows that federal employees’ satisfaction with federal leadership is on the decline.
Did you know that your FERS retirement income will have some unique twists and turns? Your retirement income will start, stop and change in ways that simply won’t compute in most financial planning calculators. Find out how your income will change, and what it means for your ‘Gap’.
TSP stock funds have all moved up significantly in 2013 as the stock market hit new highs in March.