Calculating Your ‘High-Three’ Average Salary
Everybody knows what the high-three is for your future retirement – right? But who knows how to calculate the high-three?
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Everybody knows what the high-three is for your future retirement – right? But who knows how to calculate the high-three?
Some people just assume that, since the Social Security surplus was “borrowed” or “stolen,” during the period when it was not needed to pay Social Security benefits, the government will automatically repay the looted money when it is needed. It is not at all certain that this will happen.
FLRA has announced focus group meetings for the next two weeks to prepare for revising its arbitration regulations. The author strongly recommends that practitioners attend and speak up at these gatherings. The author suggests you take the law, the applicable FLRA Regulations and some suggested questions if you decide to go.
Did the Justice Department violate a “last chance” settlement agreement by not selecting the affected employee for various law enforcement positions for which she applied?
There is much debate today about how solvent Social Security is, but most of the debate is over when the trust fund will run out of money, not about whether or not the trust fund actually holds real assets.
The emails you send at work are like any other professional documents. They reflect your professionalism and competence, and when you send them you lose all control over who sees them and how they’re used and interpreted. So before hitting ‘Send,’ read these email tips.
In reviewing what, on the surface, appears an innocuous change to the FLRA General Counsel’s Regulations, the author suggests there may be more involved.
For federal employees in the FERS system, the Thrift Savings Plan is intended to provide 1/3 of your retirement income. So, how do you go about creating a plan for your TSP that won’t leave you scratching lottery tickets as a last resort?
Will your TSP stock investments go up or down in 2010? Here is an attempt by professional analysts to peer into the near term future.
How to fix Social Security is a topic that has been around ever since a demographer realized that the number of workers supporting an individual Social Security recipient was gradually dropping. The options are to cut benefits or raise more revenue.