Pay & Benefits
Justice Department, TSP Board in turf battle over lawsuit
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which runs the federal Thrift Savings Plan, is accusing the Bush administration of obstructing its authority in litigation involving the failed modernization of a computer system.
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Federal retirements fall short of projections
Almost 20 percent fewer federal employees retired in fiscal 2001 than government officials had predicted, Office of Personnel Management statistics show.
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Long-term relationship
A statistical review of the Thrift Savings Plan, which most federal employees are sticking with through the current stock market woes.
Pay & Benefits
Not-so-special pay
Federal IT workers learned this month that special salary rates become less and less special each year.
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Social Security Administration settles race discrimination suit
The Social Security Administration agreed Friday to pay $7.75 million to settle a discrimination suit lodged by 2,200 black male employees in 1995.
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OPM, union settle special rates pay case for $173 million
After more than 19 years of legal wrangling and tense negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union, the federal government has agreed to pay more than $173 million to settle a back pay case that affects at least 212,000 current and former “special rate” employees.
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Domestic partners not eligible for long-term care benefit
For now, domestic partners of federal employees are not eligible for the new long-term health insurance benefit, although the Office of Personnel Management may revisit the issue in the future.
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