Top 4 Ways to Ruin a Federal Retirement
Categories Federal Employee Retirement The author explains four ways that federal employees can negatively impact their retirement savings.
Annual Leave
Categories Federal Employee Retirement Federal Employees: Making the Most of Your Annual Leave
Effectively using your annual leave requires knowing what the rules are in the federal HR system. Advance planning is essential.
Essential Federal Employees Can Still Have Their Annual Leave Restored for COVID
Federal employees deemed essential in the COVID response can roll over unused annual leave above the traditional cap.
Should You Leave Some of Your Pension to Your Spouse?
What are the considerations for federal employees under FERS to leave survivor benefits to a spouse?
Higher Annual Leave Carryover Now in Effect
Certain federal employees are now eligible to carry over greater amounts of annual leave from last year.
Should I Use My Annual Leave or Sick Leave Right Before Retirement?
These are some considerations for federal employees debating using sick or annual leave just prior to retirement.
Legislation Would Allow All Federal Employees to Carry Over Unused Leave
A new bill would let federal employees roll over greater amounts of unused annual leave during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OPM Plans to ‘Streamline the Leave Restoration Process’ for Coronavirus
OPM said it plans to issue regulations soon that would “streamline the leave restoration process” in certain situations for lost annual leave.
Bill Would Pool DoD Employees’ Unused Leave for Family and Medical Use
A new bill would pool unused leave among DoD employees to to go towards family and medical leave purposes.
Use or Lose Leave and the Shutdown
Use or lose leave is annual leave that expires if regulatory requirements are not met, but what happens in the event of a shutdown? Do the requirements apply?
