Future Retirement: Federal Workers In Good Shape
How much money is in your TSP account? Here are some averages for the federal workforce and private sector.
How did the TSP funds perform last month? See the latest returns at TSPDataCenter.com.
How much money is in your TSP account? Here are some averages for the federal workforce and private sector.
The author examines the “five-year requirement” under the Federal Employees Health Benefit and how it applies to your Federal Employees Group Life Insurance.
In a recent case, FLRA appears to play fast and loose with the statute to retain its ability to decide whether or not a union proposal was an “Appropriate Arrangement”. While the Authority found four proposals non-negotiable, it did so apparently to retain control of such outcomes rather than address the Agency’s argument that the proposals were permissive. For practitioners, it’s worth a read.
Good news for investors: All of the TSP funds had a positive return again in September but investors were cashing out of stock funds and moving into the safety of bonds at the end of the last reporting period.
The author offers considerations to keep in mind when planning for retirement in the face of these current challenges.
The president has signed another continuing appropriations resolution to fund the government for another few months. It means that the existing pay freeze for federal employees will continue.
Under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama in August of 2012, the protections already afforded to most federal employees by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act will now be extended to TSA security screeners and supervisory security screeners.
As a federal employee, you have a number of great benefits. There is one that is often taken for granted but the author says it is actually your greatest benefit as a federal employee.
Readers were given the chance to express their preference in the presidential race. Here are the results and a few representative comments.
Because of the resourceful actions of Blythe, CA, Letter Carrier Jon Escher, a package containing items for the burial of a WWII Navy veteran made it to next of kin despite a shipping mix up.