In a landmark ruling, the MSPB on Sept. 30 extended the anti-discrimination provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to a career uniformed service officer who alleged his federal employer subjected him to discrimination on the basis of his uniformed service.
What is the best day for a federal employee to retire? Here are suggested retirement dates through 2020 from a federal retirement expert.
According to data recently released from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for August, approximately one in every five TSP participants has a loan outstanding against his or her account.
A recently published book aims to help federal employees understand the Thrift Savings Plan and how to better save for their retirement.
Is the federal workforce growing or contracting? Have recent hiring trends and efforts to cut the federal deficit combined to create a yo-yo effect in employment for federal agencies?
The author says that he was surprised to find that members of Congress and the media have been mostly silent on sharing information about what he refers to as “the looting of Social Security.”
GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry has released his plan for cutting federal spending and reducing the deficit. It contains some proposals that are likely to be of interest to federal employees.
Not everyone understands how the Social Security earnings test works and how it may impact your retirement income. Here is an explanation.
TSP participants will have more room to save for retirement with the annual contribution limits for the TSP increasing to $17,000 per year in 2012.
A wasteful meeting can cost you not only hours of your team’s productivity, but also their motivation and enthusiasm. Here are a few ideas you might not have thought of for making your meetings efficient and productive.