Expert's View:
Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off
There are times when your agency may ask you to work overtime. . . writes benefits expert Reg Jones.
Pay Caps Could Hit More Employees
More than 9,000 general schedule employees are now up against a pay cap, spread across half of the 32 GS pay localities, according to a recent report for Congress, and if trends continue substantially more could be affected in 2010 and beyond. More
Pay Raises, Caps are Intertwined
While pay caps commonly affect employees in senior pay systems such as the SES, the effect on GS employees is a relatively new phenomenon. More
Some Exceptions Apply
The CRS report meanwhile noted that there are several exceptions to the general cap of executive schedule level IV. More
Pay Gap Narrowing but Not Closed
The pay gap between men and women's average salaries in the government is narrowing, mainly because the men and women in the federal workforce are more alike in characteristics related to pay, GAO has said. More
Workforce Trends Play a Role
The report said several occupations have become more integrated by gender over the period studied--for example, women now account for 43 percent in the generally better-paying professional occupations, versus 30 percent in 1988. More
No Extension of FEDVIP, Says OPM
Some agencies apparently have been telling their employees, incorrectly, that there is an extension period for FEDVIP coverage for those who leave federal service and who are not eligible to continue that coverage, as typically happens to those who separate before retirement eligibility. More
Expert's View: Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off
In some situations, an agency may ask you to accept compensatory off time instead of overtime pay, with one hour of comp time granted for each hour of overtime work performed, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. More
Homeowners' Assistance Expanded
DoD has announced terms of an expanded homeowners' assistance program that benefits civilian employees there under certain circumstances, following an increase in funding for the program under the economic stimulus law enacted earlier this year. More
Federal Legal Corner: NSPS Can't Impose New Probationary Period
The MSPB held that an employee could not be required to complete a new NSPS probationary period in Dodson v. More