President Issues Executive Order on 2008 GS Pay Raise
President Bush has issued an executive order implementing the 2008 pay raise for GS employees.
Questions–and Answers–About 2008 Pay Rates
Readers have asked several questions about the pay tables we have posted on our site for the 2008 pay raise. Here are answers to the most common questions.
Welcome to the Real World! What Will Your 2008 Paycheck Look Like? DoD Makes Last-Minute Changes
There are more changes to the NSPS system that will please some under the system. It isn’t simple but it is based on pay for performance–a horrifying concept according to many comments from readers who like the system of everyone getting the same pay raise every year.
Is Your TSP Portfolio Diversified? Hard Lessons from 2007
2007 was a volatile year for stocks. Is your TSP portfolio diversified if the trend continues–or gets worse–in 2008? Here is a wrap-up of the returns for the past year.
Big Jump in COLA Calculation for Federal Retirees
Tens of thousands of federal employees are heading into retirement. They will get a COLA each year. Will it really keep up with inflation? Will you have enough money to last until you die? Unpleasant questions and here are some thoughts before you file your retirement forms.
Benefits for Domestic Partners of Federal Employees? Readers Speak Out
Should legislation be approved to allow unmarried federal employees to apply for benefits for a domestic partner? Here are the results of a recent survey of FedSmith readers on this issue.
New Year’s Resolutions to Enhance Your Federal Career
What do you need to do in order to improve your career prospects? Here are resolutions you can use to become more successful in 2008.
Tattoos, Pay, Sick Leave, Retirement and Feds in Trouble: 2007 Comes to a Close
As 2007 comes to a close, what were the topics of most interest to our readers? You might expect that pay issues would be popular but how about sick leave and mistakes that get federal employees in trouble? Here is a listing of our top 20 articles in order of their popularity. The most popular articles are listed first.
Supervisor Demoted for Changing Records on Employees’ Work Time
A supervisor who changed records to show that employees were coming in before their scheduled time of work got fired. An appeals court says that is a reasonable penalty.
Settlement Agreement Spawns New Round of Appeals
When a union representative signed a settlement agreement on behalf of an employee it was representing back in 2000, the agreement was not to litigate the issue further. The Postal Service probably thought the case was over. But the union then went to arbitration anyway, the employee went to the MSPB and then to federal court arguing that because he had not personally signed the agreement, it was invalid. Seven years later, the issue may now be resolved.
