Congress says it approves the idea of pay parity between federal employees and military personnel but doesn’t indicate how much should be approved for a possible pay raise in 2010. Will federal employees be asked to take a lower raise in the midst of rising unemployment and low inflation? Also, federal retirees are on track to go without a COLA increase.
The Author was able to obtain a copy OPM’s report on official time used by union representatives which reveals interesting data but apparently not distributed widely. Did you know that some Agencies give the union representing its employees as much a $3 in time for every dollar in dues received by the union?
The federal government fills a higher percentage of jobs from among current employees than do most private sector employees. Therefore the boomer retirements could mean a chance for you to move up. Do you need to get prepared for an upcoming opportunity?
President Obama has announced a plan to save taxpayer money by seeking suggestions from federal employees on how to cut back on wasteful spending in government.
In a Postal Service case, the court finds an agency may establish a zero tolerance policy leading to automatic removal. In this removal case, an employee fired for getting into a physical altercation on agency property gets returned to the MSPB “for an appropriate remedy in favor of (the employee)…”
Date stamps on documents are important to the Internal Revenue Service which often works with deadlines that may be applicable. This employee was fired after allegedly altering the dates on documents to conceal a mistake based on a law that requires termination of any IRS employee for “falsifying or destroying documents to conceal mistakes made by an employee with respect to a matter involving a taxpayer or taxpayer representative.”
Your TSP funds have taken a big leap in the past few weeks with the S fund up about 26% since March 1st. That is good news and a reason for optimism. So, is the economic crisis now over? The current stock market is behaving much as markets did in 1938. Keep that in mind when making your investment decisions.
Are the tea parties held on April 15th a one-time event or will they have a most lasting impact on American politics? Most readers see a significant impact but there is a widely divergent view of the events and why they are important with comments ranging from “patriotic demonstrations” to “racist.”
While Bills are a dime a dozen and not usually worthy of mention, H.R. 1881 seeks to bring the Transportation Security Workforce into the Federal Civil Service en masse. The Author points out provisions in the bill to keep an eye on if the Bill makes its way into law.
A bill currently working its way through Congress would allow FERS employees to count sick leave in computing their annuity payments. The same bill would also make administrative changes to the Thrift Savings Plan.
