Are you thinking of returning to work as a federal employee after retirement? This article does not address why you might want to do this but factors to consider if you are wondering how to go about returning to federal employment.
FLRA’s Regional Director in Chicago, Peter Sutton, rejected AFGE and NTEU bids for elections at the Transportation Security Administration. There are indications that the Authority in DC will reverse him and a prior ruling of its own barring the election. Nothing has changed since that decision except the political leaning of the Agency. Will it reverse itself and order an election? Read and decide for yourself.
Should federal employees have their pay frozen in 2011? A number of readers think it is a good idea—as long as it does not apply to them personally. A large majority are opposed to any salary freeze.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces, but does not eliminate, the earned Social Security benefit of a person who is also receiving a pension from a system where no Social Security payments were withheld.
In politics, at work, and in our personal lives, we’ve become so bad at stating a genuine apology that you’d think the words “I’m sorry” were harder to say than “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
There is no one solution that can assure your TSP will perform in a way to assure a carefree retirement. The challenge is to understand not only what each of the TSP funds invest in, but the risks involved in each fund or combination of funds.
Well written executive core qualifications (ECQs) can mean the difference of an interview with a federal review board or your Government resume and your poorly written ECQs hitting the bottom of a trash can in a hurry.
The Thrift Savings Plan funds took a hit in May. Here is how much of a hit there was to the TSP funds and why it happened.
Same sex partners will be able to apply for long term care insurance through the federal program as of July 1st. Opposite sex domestic partners will still have to get married to qualify for the program.
Despite numerous examples of failed implementation, pay-for-performance for the Federal sector continues to build momentum.
