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During this health benefits Open Season (November 12 – December 10) if you are already enrolled in an FEHB plan, …More

On September 26, OPM announced that in 2019 the average enrollee share of premiums for current non-Postal employees and retirees …More

I had thought I’d never need to write another article about what happens when CSRS employees continue working beyond the …More

Two recent articles covered law enforcement and firefighter retirement benefits under FERS and under CSRS. These so-called “special category” employees …More

Well, it’s happened again. President Trump has again advocated freezing federal salary rates in January 2019. Earlier this year, he …More

OPM recently amended the Federal Employee Health Benefits program regulations to allow family members to be removed from existing self …More

Recently articles have looked at the importance of getting credit for all your periods of federal employment, attending a pre-retirement …More

Recently we have looked at the importance of getting credit for all your periods of federal employment, attending a pre-retirement …More

Last week I wrote about the importance of getting full credit for all your periods of federal employment. I went …More

If you already have the years and service needed to retire, this is the time of year when you may …More

Two of the less common but still important types of leave for certain employees are home leave and shore leave. …More

Have you ever been required to be in court either as a juror in a judicial proceeding? Or have you …More

Last week we covered annual leave, now let’s take a look at sick leave. The original purpose of sick leave …More

Recent articles have focused on the impact of certain life events on health benefits; now let’s look at their impact …More

Last week I wrote about the FEHB benefits available to federal employees, retirees, and their survivors. This time I want …More

Last week I wrote about how survivor benefits are affected if you marry, divorce or die. Let’s take a look …More

Last week we covered retirement rules governing law enforcement officers and firefighters under CSRS. Let’s take a look at those …More

The rules governing Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter retirement are different from those of other employees. Following is a summary …More

If you ever worked for the federal government in a job that didn’t let you participate in the retirement system, …More

OPM recently announced a new expedited process to speed the review and approval of retirement cases where an employee has …More

Sick leave is one of the best benefits ever given to federal employees. As the name suggests, it was originally …More

One of the benefits of federal employment is the fact that you can earn annual leave and use it for …More

The Trump administration has signaled interest in eliminating sick leave as a separate category and instead combining it with annual …More

Life events such as getting married, divorced or a new child impact your federal employee benefits. But what happens to …More

Life events such as marriage or the birth of a child impact your federal benefits in important ways. This article …More

Last week I wrote about the benefits available to the spouses of federal employees and retirees, and how to get …More

Planning ahead for life events will save you a lot of headaches in the future. In this series of articles …More

Quite a few of you retired at the end of 2017. And some of you are already working at another …More