One TSP Investment Limit Rises, One Flat
The investment limit on tax-favored retirement savings plans such as the TSP is rising from $18,000 to $18,500. That’s the …More
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The Social Security withholding “FICA” tax of 6.2 percent will to apply to 2018 salary or self-employment earnings up to …More
Some Medicare Costs Rise, Others Stay Level
The 2018 Medicare Part B (physicians and related services) premium is $134 a month for most enrollees–an increase for most …More
Key Interest Rate Rises
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees will rise to …More
2018 Pay Raise Order Issued
President Trump has signed an executive order for a 2018 pay raise, showing that the average 1.9 percent raise that …More
Move to Cut Benefits Possible in January
With the latest partial government shutdown threat just recently avoided, federal employee organizations already are warning that the next deadline …More
Some Expectations Met in 2017, Others Not
For the federal workforce, the first year of the Trump administration in some ways played out as many had predicted, …More
Civil Service Reform Ideas Mostly Left to 2018
During 2017 neither the Trump administration nor civil service leaders in Congress made a serious move toward changing basic federal …More
Open Season Choices About to Take Effect
Insurance elections made during the recent benefits open season take effect in January–as of the first of the month for …More
Much of Telework is Not Regularly Scheduled
OPM’s latest report on telework by federal employees, covering 2016, shows that of employees deemed eligible to telework 48 percent …More
Management Resistance Still a Main Telework Barrier
The latest OPM report on telework, like those of past years, points to management resistance as a major barrier to …More
Shutdown Threat Kicked Down the Road Again
Congress on Thursday (December 21) delayed by a month the threat of a partial government shutdown, agreeing to the latest …More
Lack of Manager Training, Budgets Block use of Pay Enhancements, Incentives
Federal agencies have a number of ways to improve the compensation of their employees if salaries for their occupations are …More
Recruitment, Other Cash Incentives Concentrated on a Few
To the extent that agencies are using financial incentives available to them for their employees at all, the money is …More
OPM: More FEHB Choices Could Increase Competition, Lower Costs
OPM has proposed rules to address what it called an anomaly in FEHB rules, with the intent of expanding choice …More
