Federal Employee Bonuses and Delinquent Taxes
A bill has been introduced to block federal employees who are delinquent on their taxes from receiving a bonus or award.
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.
Proposal Expanding TSP and FEHB to Wider Audience
A new proposal would expand the TSP to military personnel and FEHB to military families and retirees.
Scheduling for Known Work Requirements
Our facility has a sign up roster for staff to volunteer to work extra hours. Those who volunteer are allowed to record Compensatory Time for the extra hours worked, but they are not allowed to claim Overtime or Night Differential pay for the hours worked. Is this acceptable?
Bill Would Give Federal Workers 6 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Democrats in Congress have reintroduced legislation that would give federal workers six weeks of paid parental leave.
Fed Workers: ‘An Elite Island…Separated from the Ocean of Average Americans’
According to one organization, federal employee pay and benefits are creating “[A]n elite Island of secure and highly-paid workers separated from the ocean of average Americans competing in the global economy.” Here are the author’s reasons for this conclusion and what it might mean for federal workers.
Sunday Differential and Night Differential
Are there any different rules for the 35% extra when I work Sunday Night as part of my regularly scheduled work week?
Is Academic Leave Available for Graduate Studies?
Do federal regulations require the use of annual leave for time away for graduate school studies?
Opening Up Mutual Fund Investment to TSP Investors
Some TSP investors would like to have more investment options. Others like the TSP the way it is now constructed. Changes are already under serious consideration.
Comp Time vs. Credit Hours
I would like to better understand the differences between the two types of Premium Hours. What are the rules dictating how credit hours and comp time are earned, accumulated and used? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages for each?
What Do Feds Think of Obama’s Paid Parental Leave Policy?
FedSmith.com users indicated in a recent survey that they like the president’s proposal to give a new paid parental leave option to federal workers.
