Agencies Sending Out Re-Furlough Notices
Federal agencies are sending out new furlough notices to federal employees who have been off work and unpaid due to …More
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Length of Furlough Doesn’t Trigger RIF Policies, Says OPM
A new OPM fact sheet on the partial government shutdown addresses a point of confusion that has arisen now that …More
Back Pay for Furloughed Employees Signed into Law
President Trump has signed into law a bill (S-24) that had quickly passed Congress to assure that federal employees who …More
Lawsuits, Workarounds as Shutdown Drags On and Employees Called Back
As the partial government shutdown continues to drag on, agencies are increasingly turning to workarounds to get work accomplished, and …More
Yet Another Tactic to End Shutdown Being Tried
In the latest of a series of attempts to end the partial government shutdown, the House is moving this week …More
OPM Addresses Key Issues for Unpaid Federal Employees
OPM has issued a new fact sheet for federal employees in non-pay status due to the partial government shutdown, now …More
Shutdown Benefits Issues Cover Wide Range
Beyond basic pay, retirement and insurance matters, OPM’s most recent fact sheet for federal employees who are going unpaid due …More
Shutdown Complicates Retirement for Some
A number of those who applied to retire during the turn of the year period, a peak time for federal …More
2020 Retiree COLA Count Starts off Negative
Through three months of the counting period toward the January 2020 federal retiree COLA, the count is in negative territory …More
House Again Votes for Raise for Federal Employees, Back Pay for Those Furloughed
The House on Wednesday again endorsed a 1.9 percent average federal employee raise for 2019 and for back pay for …More
Payless Payday Coming Up for Many Federal Employees
Some 800,000 federal employees who have been in non-pay status since December 22 due to the partial government shutdown likely …More
Unemployment Benefits, Outside Employment Issues Rise to Fore
While some employees on unpaid status have been taking a fatalistic approach as the partial government shutdown stretches through its …More
Prospects for 2019 Raise Still Treading Water
The pay period that began Sunday (January 6) would have been the start of a 2019 raise had one been …More
Continued Pay Freeze for Appointees Looking More Likely
Among the many complications related to the partial government shutdown and President Trump’s executive order freezing federal salary rates is …More
Boundaries of New GS Localities Defined
OPM has posted the boundary lines of the new GS locality areas effective this year, created after years of consideration …More
