Petition for Extra Day Off at Christmas Moves Past 50k Signatures
The online petition that was recently started asking the president to grant an extra holiday to federal workers at Christmas has crossed the 50,000 signatures mark.
Month: October 2014
FedSmith.com Users Lack Faith in Social Security
FedSmith.com users said in a recent poll that they do not have confidence that Social Security will be able to pay benefits to them when they reach retirement.
Official Time and the Implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement – A Micro Perspective
The author says that much has been written about the number of hours of official time used by the government, but from the perspective of Congress, OPM and others. She instead suggests looking at the subject from the perspective of federal employees in the workplace.
TSP Contribution Limits in 2015
The Thrift Savings Plan has published guidelines for plan participants regarding 2015 contribution limits.
Adding CSRS Offset Time to FERS or CSRS Employment Years
When my retirement is calculated over 30 years in service, will my CSRS Offset time be added to the CSRS years, or the FERS years?
2015 Federal Holidays
What paid holidays will federal employees get in 2015? Here is a list.
Social Security’s Means Test
Very little in the U.S. tax code draws the ire of taxpayers and creates the confusion of the taxation of Social Security benefits. The author provides details about the taxes surrounding Social Security in an attempt to clear up some of the confusion.
Appeals Court Hands Fired DHS Employee His Job Back
Score this recent published decision by the Federal Circuit as a big and clear win for the fired Customs and Border Agent and his legal team. He could not convince the agency, the Administrative Law Judge, or the Merit Systems Protection Board. But that does not matter because he definitely convinced the court that he had been too harshly treated.
FEVS Results Show Declining Trends in Employee Satisfaction
OPM has released the results of the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, and they suggest declining trends are present among overall job satisfaction in the federal workforce.
2015 COLA: What They Are Saying
The cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2015 was announced earlier this week, and to put it mildly, pretty much everybody is unhappy with the figure.
