Several Benefits Issues Pending

Also on the plate is a House-passed bill, so far stalled in the Senate, to provide four weeks of paid parental leave time. One idea regarding the TSP that has been raised and that might be introduced as legislation would be to allow participants to invest the value of unused annual and sick leave in their accounts. Also expected is a bill aiming to overhaul the way prescription drug prices are set in FEHB with an eye to lowering the costs, which are passed on to the government and enrollees in the form of premiums. Other bills remain pending on topics including telework, whistleblower protections, and bargaining rights and pay system reform for TSA screeners, among others.

 

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