Pay & Benefits
Vision and dental blues
Would you trade some of your leave benefits for subsidized vision and dental insurance?
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For 9/11, a $150 pittance
Special payments for feds at the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Plus, higher premium pay on the way.
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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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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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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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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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