OPM Explains the Need for the FSAFEDS Blackout
The Office of Personnel Management explained in a recent blog post why the upcoming temporary blackout for the FSAFEDS program is necessary.
Pay & Benefits
Get the latest federal employee pay news, including updates on federal pay raises, GS pay scale changes, locality pay, and federal compensation policy. Stay informed on TSP news, TSP fund performance, contribution limits, and investment updates. This category also covers FEHB premiums, FEGLI rates, FEDVIP dental and vision benefits, and major OPM policy changes, federal workforce legislation, and other developments that impact federal employee pay, benefits, and take‑home compensation.
Republican Platform Calls for Cutting Federal Workers’ Pay and Benefits
How would a Republican administration potentially impact federal workers? Here is a summary of the 2016 Republican platform insofar as it would affect federal employees.
FLTCIP Enrollees Facing an Average 83% Rate Hike for Long Term Care Insurance
Enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program are going to be facing a steep premium increase later this fall. OPM is providing those affected with information about their choices to deal with the cost increase.
OPM Reminds FLTCIP Participants About Upcoming Rate Increase
Current enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) will see a premium increase this fall. OPM has distributed a letter to enrollees with information on what options they have to deal with this change.
Worst Case Scenario: Proposed Cuts to Federal Pay and Benefits
A “Comprehensive Policy Agenda for a New Administration in 2017” proposes changes for the federal workforce that would save about $330 billion by 2026. The proposals envision cuts to federal pay and benefits in a number of ways from changes to retirement, the federal leave program, and removing federal workers. Here is a summary.
Bill Would Offer Some Federal Employees Higher Rates of Pay
A bill introduced in the Senate this week would offer incentives to expand federal hiring in remote areas in which federal agencies are facing challenges to hire employees to fill job vacancies.
Federal Retirees Need To Tighten Belts While Current Employees Expect To See Pay Increases
A series of actions are leading probable declines in the take home pay of federal retirees in 2017. Current federal employees, however, are on pace to see their largest pay increase since 2010.
Bill Passes House to Block Performance Awards for Many Senior Execs
An appropriations bill passed by the House contains an amendment that would ban performance bonus payments for many senior executives.
2017 Pay Raise Silently Advances, But House Bill Would Block Some Bonuses
A major funding bill has passed the House for 2017. By not addressing a federal pay raise for most federal employees, the likelihood increases for implementing the largest federal pay raise since 2010, but the bill would also block bonuses for many in the Senior Executive Service.
Struggling With Your Commute Because of the Metro Repairs? This Bill May Help
Federal workers struggling with their commutes in the Washington, DC area due to Metro’s SafeTrack repairs could get some reprieve from a bill that has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
