Reg Jones Expert’s View

We live in a world where dates seem to control our lives: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, days when bills or taxes …More

Federal employees and retirees have been hoping for changes in the laws that govern their lives. And more often than …More

Anyone who is now enrolled in the federal Long-term Care Insurance program – or has thought of doing so – …More

Over the past five weeks, I’ve described the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, how to …More

Last week I explained how the workers’ compensation program administered by OWCP can be an alternative to disability retirement. This …More

Over the past five weeks, we’ve explored OPM’s disability retirement program in depth, from how you qualify through the way …More

Over the past four weeks, I’ve led you through the criteria you must meet to be eligible for disability retirement, …More

Last week I explained how disability benefits are calculated for CSRS employees. This time I’ll do the same for those …More

Over the past two weeks, I’ve described the criteria that must be met to be approved for disability retirement and …More

Last week I wrote about the conditions and circumstances that would make you eligible for disability retirement. Now I want …More

You may be eligible for disability retirement if you are so disabled by disease or injury that you aren’t able …More

There are many forms that employees, retirees, and survivors need to fill out to deal with retirement, health and life …More

There’s been a lot of talk in the press and on the Hill about how the cost of prescription drugs …More

As you might expect, employees often ask me to tell them the best date to retire. My standard answer is, …More

With the stock market still wobbling around and bank interest rates low, those of you who are covered by the …More

There’s a difference between compensatory time off, which I wrote about last week, and credit hours. Under certain circumstances, your …More

In my last column I described the options available to employees who leave government before being eligible to retire. In …More

There are times when your agency may ask you to work overtime. It may also ask you to accept compensatory …More

Despite these unsettled times, when many employees are hunkering down and giving thanks for having a job, I’ve been getting …More

Every once in a while I get the urge to dig through old files to see what the world used …More