Pay & Benefits
Long-term plans
OPM unveiled new features of the long-term care insurance program this week.
Pay & Benefits
Employees won’t see back pay in special rates case for a year
The 212,000 current and former federal employees to whom the government owes $173.5 million in special rate back pay will have to wait at least another year before they collect the money, according to the National Treasury Employees Union.
Pay & Benefits
Long-term care insurance program kicks off
Federal employees, military personnel, retirees and many family members will be able to sign up for government-sponsored long-term care insurance during an open season that starts Monday and runs through Dec. 31.
Pay & Benefits
House panel backs 4.1 percent federal pay raise
A House subcommittee voted Wednesday to provide a 4.1 percent average salary increase for civilian federal employees next year.
Pay & Benefits
Cop wars
Agencies are battling for law enforcement officers by boosting their pay and benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Senator to introduce personnel reform bill
A coalition of business leaders, academics and good-government organizations are throwing their support behind human capital reform legislation that Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, plans to introduce Thursday.
Defense
New agency could bring new pay system
Federal employees who join the proposed Department of Homeland Security could end up under an entirely new pay system and lose their right to unionize under the Bush administration’s legislative proposal for the new department.
Defense
Customs officers get 21 percent pay hikes
About 2,500 Customs Service agents will get 21 percent raises in August, the head of the Customs Service announced Monday.
Pay & Benefits
Catch-up slowdown
A bill that would let federal workers over age 50 contribute more money each year to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts has hit a roadblock on Capitol Hill.
Pay & Benefits
Patent Office suspends telecommuting program
Officials at the Patent and Trademark Office have put a popular telecommuting program on hold while they negotiate the terms of a new program with an employee union.
Defense