Pay & Benefits

Whither the WIGI?

Are the days numbered for the within-grade increase?

Pay & Benefits

Vision and dental blues

Would you trade some of your leave benefits for subsidized vision and dental insurance?

Pay & Benefits

For 9/11, a $150 pittance

Special payments for feds at the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Plus, higher premium pay on the way.

Pay & Benefits

Comparing benefits

A look at private-sector versus federal benefits.

Pay & Benefits

Shop around

The new federal long-term care insurance program may be the best deal for you. Then again, maybe it’s not.

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Accounting games

Should the latest proposed accounting change for federal pay and benefits worry federal employees?

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Pay parity push

The battle over next year's pay raise is just beginning.

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Catch-62

Some military veterans who went on to civilian careers in government are getting a nasty surprise when they turn age 62. Their pensions are being cut.

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Guarding the G Fund

Don't worry: When the government taps the Thrift Savings Plan’s G Fund to avoid hitting the federal debt ceiling, your nest egg is protected.

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Keep on rolling

New rules will allow feds to roll over more money into their TSP accounts.

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Cutting workers’ comp

The Bush administration wants to cut millions of dollars in benefits to injured federal workers.

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The latest legislation

What's new in pay and benefits on Capitol Hill. Plus, long-term care updates.

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Working overtime

In April, federal employees could start taking home more pay for the work they do beyond a 40-hour work week. Also, DoD adds buyout options.

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The battle begins

The Office of Management and Budget squares off against federal unions and Washington-area lawmakers on the size of the 2003 pay raise.

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A complex job

Thinking about a career in air traffic control? Read this first.

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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.

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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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Compressed pay

Senior executives feel the squeeze on their annual salaries.

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Try, try again

Several pay and benefits proposals that failed to pass in Congress last year are likely to be pushed again this year.

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Legislative winners

As is true in all years, most federal pay and benefits proposals on Capitol Hill failed to make the leap into law in 2001. But some did.