There appears to be a growing consensus in Washington that the General Schedule pay system is outdated and in need of reform. But a recent hearing on the issue highlighted the fact that there are many different opinions on how to reform the system (or even if it should be reformed at all).
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a final rule that will allow some federal employees to make changes to their dental and vision insurance programs outside of the normal open enrollment period.
A new report indicates the labor relations system at FAA lacks internal controls and that there is no effective system for tracking or anticipating new costs.
The House passed the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2015 which defers the decision on a figure for a pay raise for the federal workforce to President Obama. What does this mean for your chances of a pay raise in 2015?
In a case involving computer security at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), FLRA finds that the Agency’s duty to bargain over curtailing employee access to private email accounts on their work computers trumps the Agency’s statutory obligation to protect the security of information under its control. The Minority Member, in his dissent, said that unlike the majority members, he could not interpret the federal labor statute to, in essence, require an Agency to compromise its computer security to bargain over a minor working condition issue.
A bill that just passed the House would put newly hired federal employees into a new default investment in the Thrift Savings Plan.
The author says that there are many perks that come with being a federal employee, including the almost guaranteed yearly grade and step increases for many employees.. He offers a detailed analysis of the positive impact the federal salary system can have on a federal worker’s pay over the course of a career.
If you are not seeing the results you expect from political and organizational leaders, then demand the application of better methods.
Will new locality pay areas be added to the federal GS pay system in 2015? A report from the President’s Pay Agent suggests this will be done but no final decision has been made.
Does OPM base the CSRS retirement calculation on an employee’s high-three annual BASE PAY or LOCALITY PAY when determining the annual retirement payment?
