Pay & Benefits

OPM orders agencies to increase telecommuting

OPM has told agencies they must not only set telecommuting policies, but actually increase the number of employees who work away from the office.

Pay & Benefits

Reality check

Congress and OPM are giving agencies the authority to offer more benefits to employees. But where’s the money to pay for those benefits?

Pay & Benefits

Customs warned on cutting overtime pay

Pay & Benefits

Unsuspecting Army employees may qualify for overtime

Thousands of civilian Army employees may be eligible for overtime pay even though they haven’t been getting it.

Pay & Benefits

Bush pledges $1.4 billion for military pay raises

As anticipated, President Bush Monday pledged a $1.4 billion pay raise for military personnel next year in a move to improve military readiness and lift morale.

Pay & Benefits

TSP's C Fund jumps in January

Pay & Benefits

Reassignments net pay raises for IT workers at Florida base

Officials at a Navy facility in Orlando, Fla. have resolved a pay raise dispute by reclassifying approximately 300 employees’ positions.

Pay & Benefits

Student loan help on hold

President Bush has delayed a loan repayment regulation. Plus a new retirement hotline and new faces on a key House panel.

Pay & Benefits

Bush exempts promotions from hiring restrictions

President Bush has exempted within-grade salary increases and internal promotions for employees from recent restrictions on federal hiring. But management cuts are just around the corner.

Pay & Benefits

Two new bills push bigger military pay raise

Two members of Congress have introduced bills to increase military pay, pushing one of President Bush’s campaign promises one step closer to reality.

Pay & Benefits

Where things stand

An update on the status of six of the hottest pay and benefits issues affecting federal employees.