Retiring at the End of the Year?
Are you retiring at the end of the year? If so, here are several tips that may make the process less stressful.
Are you retiring at the end of the year? If so, here are several tips that may make the process less stressful.
A male applicant selected for a job at the Library of Congress had his job offer rescinded when he told the agency he would be starting the new job as a woman.
Are stock market investors at “the point of maximum pessimism”? It isn’t possible to know but there is plenty of evidence to think we are at least in the vicinity. Here is a chart that shows how stocks have fared after dramatic one-day drops and how the stocks had fared one year later.
Thomas Beck and Carol Pope’s hearings for appointment to the FLRA were held on September 11. Amid some Bush bashing, hints on the Democrats future plans for Federal labor relations were provided by the only Senator present for the hearing.
The stock market has been falling fast and TSP return rates are falling along with the market. And, this will surprise some current and future federal retirees, the current COLA adjustment for next January also dropped in the past month. Here is a quick summary of your TSP returns and the 2009 COLA adjustment.
OPM is encouraging agencies to utilize their flexibilities to pay bonuses to current employees who get people to apply for government jobs. The author asks a few questions about the impact of this on labor relations and agency budgets.
A federal engineer was going to be fired after giving false information. The agency agreed to let him retire. He then lied on his retirement application and was indicted. OPM terminated his retirement annuity as he did not meet the age requirement. A court finds the settlement agreement could not prohibit the agency from reporting misconduct to the appropriate authority for prosecution and he does not have a case.
Where will you choose to live after retirement and why will you live there? Perhaps you would like to relive some of your college experiences. Here are a few considerations and suggestions.
Is a four day/10 hour a day workweek a good idea for the federal workforce? Congressman Steny Hoyer raised the issue recently and OPM responded with a letter rejecting the idea. FedSmith readers generally like the idea. Here are the results of last week’s survey.
The author looks at the legality of some of the media’s questions regarding Governor Sarah Palin and how these compare to EEOC guidance on the “Maternal Wall.”