2021 FEHB, FEDVIP Rates Posted; Average FEHB Premiums up 4.9 Percent
Update: OPM has released 2021 rates for the Federal Employee Health Benefits and Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Programs. …More
Update: OPM has released 2021 rates for the Federal Employee Health Benefits and Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Programs. …More
A federal retirement COLA of 1.3 percent will be paid in January, following completion of the count toward that adjustment …More
Along with the COLA increase of 1.3 percent in Social Security benefits for January—the same COLA that will apply to …More
OPM has proposed rules that would narrow the situations in which federal employees are eligible for back pay awards over …More
A new bill in the Senate would make optional the so-far mandatory change in Social Security payroll withholding that is …More
The interest rate will fall from the current 2.25 percent to 1.375 percent in 2021 on required deposits and redeposits …More
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance on acceptance by federal employees of “crowdsourced” donations, expanding on interpretations it …More
The rollout of the temporary waiver of Social Security taxes for many federal employees has been “chaotic,” a bipartisan group …More
In the latest developments in the ever-changing calculus regarding a further pandemic relief bill, the House added several provisions of …More
New bills have been offered in Congress to waive the “use or lose” restriction on annual leave beyond the situations …More
OPM has effectively put a hold on diversity type training in federal agencies pending its review of materials used for …More
The long-awaited authority for paid parental leave in the federal workplace has started with some issues regarding eligibility addressed but …More
Nearly 1 percent of TSP account holders have balances of $1 million or more in the latest accounting, exceeding the …More
The TSP has finalized rules it proposed earlier this year making certain expenses related to a natural disaster automatically eligible …More
A measure (HR-8337) to continue funding authority for federal agencies through December 11 was enacted at nearly the last minute …More
Federal employees who haven’t already seen their pay impacted by the Trump administration-ordered suspension of Social Security withholding should be …More
HHS is considering expanding the federal employee drug testing program to include requiring employees to provide hair samples, saying that …More
The House is scheduled to vote this week on HR-7340, to require agencies to develop and publicly release plans meeting …More
The IRS has issued a statement on an issue that has been raised by many federal employees who—like many others …More
President Trump has issued an executive order disallowing training in the federal workplace that contains “offensive and anti-American race and …More
All TSP funds except the ever-gaining government securities G fund posted losses in September, with the large company stock C …More
The government’s largest payroll processor, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, has released additional guidance on tracking the Social Security …More
Echoing advice from federal employee unions, the government’s largest payroll provider has said that federal employees affected by the suspension …More
The House on Tuesday (September 22) passed a temporary funding bill (HR-8319) for the fiscal year that begins October 1, …More
Several changes in federal workplace policies will kick in as of the start of the new fiscal year next Thursday, …More
The Federal Salary Council, which oversees the GS locality pay system, will convene virtually on October 20 in an annual …More
OPM has proposed regulations to finalize policy changes it made two years ago regarding administrative law judges that include moving …More
It is not clear whether agencies are complying with restrictions against reassigning career SES members after the installation of a …More
Federal employees affected by the Trump administration-imposed change in their Social Security payroll tax withholding could start seeing the impact …More
Federal employee organizations are urging their members to take note that the temporary suspension of Social Security taxes affecting most …More