Next Round on Raise, Retirement, Other Matters only a Month Away
With the fiscal year 2020 budget cycle just having concluded weeks ago, the next cycle is set to start in …More
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Fix Apparently Needed for Paid Parental Leave Authority
Legislation (S-3104) has been introduced in the Senate to address what sponsors call technical problems that would make some categories …More
Report: Whistleblowing, Anti-Bias Protections Falling Short
Existing laws are failing to protect federal employee whistleblowers against reprisals and to protect employees against discrimination, according to a …More
Some Agencies Could Draw Scrutiny for Low Engagement, Satisfaction
OPM has released further data from the 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey on employee engagement with their work and overall …More
Retirement Wave? Eligibility Numbers Holding Steady
New figures from OPM show that the percentage of federal employees eligible to retire is holding about steady, while there …More
TSP Stock Funds End Strong 2019 with Further Gains
The stock-oriented funds of the TSP posted their strongest returns in six years in 2019, led by the common stock …More
Trump Finalizes Raises: 2.85 to 3.52 Percent With Locality Bump
President Trump has issued an executive order finalizing and dividing by locality the average 3.1 percent federal employee pay raise …More
Top Administration Officials Again Criticize Pay Comparisons
The President’s Pay Agent—the heads of OPM, OMB and Labor—have again criticized the methods used in the official comparison of …More
1.6 Percent COLA Coming, Not Tied to Raise
The payout of the upcoming 3.1 percent average raise for federal employees won’t affect the January COLA payout for retirees, …More
Key TSP, Other Numbers Changing
Among the key dollar-amount changes for federal employees as of 2020 is that the dollar limit on investments in the …More
Public Transit, FSA Numbers Changing for Feds
The start of 2020 brings changes in several key numbers affecting federal employees and retirees, including: * The interest paid …More
Social Security, Medicare Numbers Changing
The 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax will apply on up to $137,700 of earnings in 2020, up from $132,900. …More
OPM, TSP Reviewing Impacts of Leave, Withdrawal Changes
The OPM and the TSP have separately said they are assessing the exact impact of changes in law enacted late …More
DoD Bill Signed; Guidance on Paid Parental Leave Likely to Come
President Trump has signed into law (P.L. 116-92) the annual DoD authorization bill containing a provision for paid parental leave …More
Trump Thanks Federal Employees, Cites Raise, Parental Leave
President Trump has released a letter “to our incredible federal workforce” saying that their “devoted and vigilant efforts are critical …More
Plan to Breakup OPM Shelved, Possibly for Good
The DoD budget signed by President Trump that bars any further moves to break up OPM pending a detailed study …More
Defense Bill Includes Changes to Federal Workforce Policies
In addition to providing for paid parental leave for federal workers and delaying virtually indefinitely the administration’s plan to break …More
OPM Proposes Broadening Reinstatement Eligibility
OPM wants to broaden reinstatement eligibility of those who leave federal employment and then are seeking to return to the …More
Appeals, Bargaining Still in Limbo as MSPB, FLRA Vacancies Continue
Key positions at the MSPB and the FLRA will remain vacant for an undefined as the Senate did not take …More
Spending Bill Signed to Avoid Shutdown, 3.1 Percent Federal Raise
President Trump signed a pair of bills Friday to fully fund federal agencies for the remainder of the current fiscal …More
Paid Parental Leave Clears Congress, but Wait Lies Ahead
The Senate has joined the House in approving a defense spending bill (S-1790) that would allow federal employees to use …More
Trump Grants Full Day Off for December 24
President Trump has granted a full day paid time off to federal employees on December 24, the second year in …More
Bid to Reinforce Negotiating Rejected
House-passed language aimed at the Trump administration’s executive orders restricting bargaining was dropped as Congress crafted two packages of spending …More
More Changes May Lie ahead in TSP Withdrawal Policies
Among the provisions added to one of the bills (HR-1865) to fund agencies through the remainder of the fiscal year …More
Best Places to Work Rankings Show Familiar Leaders
NASA once again took top honors in the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ratings by the Partnership …More
Places to Work Report Shows Decline in Employee Engagement
Employee engagement—often used as a proxy term for morale—declined slightly overall and fell in more agencies than it rose in …More
Defense Bill Would Halt OPM Breakup
The defense spending bill ready for final voting in Congress (S-1790) contains language to bar the Trump administration from taking …More
Workforce Provisions Included in Defense Bill
The House and Senate have agreed to include several provisions affecting the federal workforce in a wide ranging defense bill …More
Shutdown Deadline Approaching as Congress Nears Spending Deal
A tentative agreement began to emerge on Thursday for $1.3 trillion in federal spending for 2020 that would avert another …More
Court Restricts Bargaining on Performance Ratings Systems
A federal appeals court has ruled that agencies do not have to negotiate over union proposals over the number of …More
