Pay & Benefits
Reminders and check-ins
Updates on the TSP, health insurance and other pay and benefits news.
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Locality pay decision coming
How much will federal workers' locality pay be next year?
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Planning annual leave
Starbucks is already serving coffee in festive holiday cups. You know what that means. It’s time to start planning your annual leave schedule for 2002.
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Healthy ideas
Readers’ ideas for improving the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Plus: Does the TSP have shares or units?
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The 2003 pay raise
With the 2002 pay raise almost wrapped up, the battle over the 2003 pay raise has begun.
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Reining in the FEHBP
Rising costs in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program may be hurting your wallet. Unions, lawmakers and other observers have some ideas for holding down federal health care costs.
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Pay-banding pros and cons
Why some federal managers and employees don’t like pay-banding—and why some love it.
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Beating the TSP blues
As the Thrift Savings Plan opens up to military personnel, some federal employees are bailing out of the market. But most are staying put.
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A peek at paybanding
The way you get paid may change in the next few years. Here's a look at some models for pay reform.
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Comp time, buyouts, pay hikes, pensions
Two bills advancing through Congress are chock-full of pay and benefits improvements for federal employees.
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The one-size-fits-all system
The General Schedule is under attack. Here's how the government's standard pay system works and why some people want to get rid of it.
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Pay deadline looms
President Bush has until the end of the day tomorrow to decide what he wants to do about federal employees' pay next year.
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COLA checkup
Cost-of-living adjustment news for 44,000 federal workers and millions of retirees. Plus, no COLAs for most federal workers.
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Pay raise fray
How a 4.6 percent federal pay raise has developed over the past 10 months--and where it's headed next.
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No results, no bonus
Should federal executives get bonuses when their agencies fail to meet performance goals?
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