Be Accommodating to ‘Excepted’ Employees, OPM Tells Agencies
OPM has said that it “strongly encourages agencies to be as accommodating as possible” regarding the working schedules of employees …More
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For Ending Shutdown, Many Moving Parts but Not Moving in Same Direction
Political leaders are continuing to raise proposals for ending the partial government shutdown but as has been the pattern for …More
Employees, Agencies Struggle to Cope with Prolonged Shutdown
Both individual employees and agencies continue to employ a range of strategies to cope with the partial government shutdown as …More
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
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
Insurance Concerns Arise as Second Payless Payday Approaches
Federal employees now facing their second payless payday due to the partial government shutdown increasingly are expressing concerns about the …More
Non-Pay Status: TSP Updates Guidance on Loans, Catch-Up Investments
The TSP has issued new guidance on loan policies and investment catch-ups for account holders in non-pay status due to …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
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
Retirement Interest Rate Rise Reminder
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees will rise from …More
House Votes to End Partial Shutdown, But It Continues
The House voted Thursday (January 3) to end the partial government shutdown now two weeks old, but a resolution appeared …More
Order Narrows, But Doesn’t Eliminate, Chance for Pay Raise
President Trump’s executive order denying a general federal employee pay raise for 2019 does not necessarily end the chances of …More
Federal Pay Freeze is on Salary Rates, Not Salaries
As commonly happens when federal employee salaries are the subject, much of the reporting in the general news media on …More
Regular TSP Investment Limit Increases, Catch-Up Limit Unchanged
The investment limit on tax-favored retirement savings plans such as the TSP is rising to $19,000 from $18,500. That’s the …More
Mostly Minor Increases in Medicare Costs Take Effect
The 2019 Medicare Part B (physicians and related services) premium is $135.50 a month for most enrollees—an increase of $1.50 …More
2018 Was Worst Year for TSP Stock Fund Investors Since 2008
Dragged down by late-year losses, all three stock-oriented TSP funds posted losses in 2018 for the first time since 2008. …More
No Path to Ending Shutdown in Sight; Raise Still in Limbo
Political leaders have said they will resume talks aimed at ending the partial government shutdown that started Saturday but no …More
Next Salary Distribution Coming; After That, Questions
Employees in agencies affected by the partial government shutdown, whether furloughed or expected to continue to work, generally are in …More
Guidance Issued on Use of Leave During Shutdown
In addition to pay considerations, OMB guidance on the impact of the partial government shutdown addresses considerations involving employees who …More
TSP Remains Open, Sends Reminder on Loan, Other Policies
The TSP has sent out a reminder that it remains open despite the partial government shutdown—it does not draw appropriated …More
