Premium Costs Vary Considerably
Premium rates in the LTC program depend on factors including the enrollee’s age at the time of application, the waiting …More
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The LTC program has been structured so that there are three basic options, although enrollees can customize their coverage as …More
Early Enrollees Can Change Choices
Those electing early enrollment will be able to change their coverage and to elect salary or annuity deduction during the …More
LTC Early Enrollment Choices Limited
Those enrolling early in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program-the opportunity runs through May 15–do not have the full …More
Paid Parental Leave Idea Raised Again
Federal employees would be eligible to receive up to six weeks of paid leave upon the birth or adoption of …More
Special Loan Authority for Security Agencies Examined
Meanwhile, Senate hearings will be held soon on a bill (S-1800) to create a sweetened loan reimbursement program for employees …More
Tax Break on Student Loan Repayments Proposed
Several House civil service leaders have announced they want to make payments under the federal employee student loan repayment program …More
Seasonal Effect Seen in Vacancy Announcements
Federal agencies tend to bunch most of their job vacancy announcements soon after their annual appropriations for a year are …More
RIF Rules Tweaked
The Office of Personnel Management in the February 5 Federal Register issued a final regulation clarifying a released employee’s potential …More
FEHB Withholdings Issue Clarified
The Office of Personnel Management has sent out guidance to agencies on how to handle payroll withholdings for their employees …More
GSA’s Advice for Safety in Federal Buildings
The General Services Administration has published new guidance on ways to make a federal building a safer place. To see …More
AUO Eligibility to Widen
Agencies would be allowed to pay “administratively uncontrollable overtime” pay to an employee during a temporary assignment that otherwise would …More
NTEU Pitches GPO, Windfall Reform
The National Treasury Employees Union, in testimony before the House Social Security subcommittee, urged passage of legislation to address the …More
Report Cites Issues with Pay Law’s Calculations
The CRS report notes that the 1990 federal pay law, called FEPCA, “has never been implemented as originally enacted. Since …More
Pay Reform Law Lost in the Shuffle
The 1990 pay reform law has been virtually overlooked in the developing pay debate over the 2003 federal raise. The …More
Unintended Consequences Department
One step already taken to address pay issues in the IT sector is starting to have unintended consequences, according to …More
Market-Based IT Pay Backed
The Chief Information Officers Council, a group of agency information technology chiefs, supports breaking IT personnel out of the general …More
Standards for Alternative Approaches Issued
The Office of Personnel Management has defined the extent to which agencies with special personnel authorities still must comply with …More
Retention Another Issue for DoD
In his testimony, Chu said that given the competition from the private sector for employees with the technical and other …More
COLA Measure Heads Upward
The inflation measure used to determine the January 2003 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment rose 0.2 percent in January, the first …More
Change in Status Also Addressed
The OPM guidance also clarifies what will happen when an individual has a change in status after applying for LTC …More
Eligibility Rules Clarified
Meanwhile, OPM has put out further guidance on eligibility for the LTC coverage addressing situations where the individual leaves a …More
Some Differences for Early Enrollees
Those joining the LTC program during the early enrollment opportunity will not be able to have premiums withheld from their …More
Some ‘Deadly Sins’ Would Remain
The administration in its recent budget proposal asked Congress to drop two “deadly sins” in particular: one involving an employee …More
IRS Proposes Revising ‘Deadly Sins’ Policy
The Bush administration has again proposed that Congress change the so-called “ten deadly sins” policy in effect at the IRS-a …More
Merit Promotion Process May Add Little Value, Report Says
MSPB’s study of the merit promotion process also found that while most of the decisions made under process are in …More
Still Fewer Opportunities at Higher Levels
MSPB added that on reaching the GS-12 level, the rate of promotion fell to about 1 in 13 each year. …More
Fewer Promotional Opportunities Exist than Employees Believe
The MSPB report added that the average overall promotion rate, which includes both competitive promotions and career ladder promotions, in …More
MSPB Finds Problems in Merit Promotion System
Federal supervisors, employees, and unions “all have major reservations” about how well the federal merit promotion process works, the Merit …More
OPM Authority on Overtime Policies Affirmed
The Office of Personnel Management’s policies on overtime eligibility for federal employees need not match rules issued by the Labor …More
