FEDweek has just produced a free download on the new type of retirement allowing employees to receive partial annuity benefits while working part time, called The Federal Employee's Guide to Phased Retirement. Continue ›

As DoD prepares to launch in early July what will be the largest number of furloughs among agencies imposing them—the latest count now stands at about 650,000—components are issuing guidance on various special considerations. Continue ›

DoD has produced a summary of the impact of furloughs on benefits, information that applies to furloughed employees of other agencies, as well. Continue ›

The House has passed the first two of the appropriations bills for fiscal 2014, which are neutral on the issue of a federal raise in January; other spending bills are starting to move through the pipeline. Continue ›

The main appropriations bill addressing federal pay is the financial services-general government measure, which has not started advancing yet. Continue ›

The President's Pay Agent has backed a proposal that would add 12 city areas to the GS locality system effective in January 2014—what would be the largest such expansion since the system was created two decades ago. Continue ›

EEOC has begun examining the emphasis on wellness programs in health insurance at which experts warned of potential privacy and discrimination concerns. Continue ›

The inflation measure used to set federal retirement COLAs stands at 0.9 percent through seven months of the counting period, following a decrease in April of 0.2 percentage points.
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Many employees believe they can make whatever decision they want about a survivor annuity for their spouse, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. Continue ›

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) in the case of Portner v. Department of Justice, 2013 MSPB 28 (April 5, 2013), recently mitigated a Drug Enforcement Administration GS-14 supervisor's removal to a 45-day suspension, finding that the [...] Continue ›