Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee. 22 months ago
A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility. 22 months ago
Landlords' rent increases in lock-step with increases with housing allowances may be "a bit of the dark side of capitalism." 3 years ago
FERS is a retirement plan that provides benefits from three different sources: a Basic Benefit Plan, Social Security and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). 3 years ago
Now is the time to push dollars and cents aside and accept the fact that many people retire at other times during the year. 3 years ago
The Federal Employees' Retirement System, or FERS, is the retirement system for employees within the U.S. civil service. 3 years ago
The most important factor for former military members to know is that each year of military service credits you buy back adds a year of service credit. 3 years ago
Your “high-3” average pay is the highest average basic pay you earned during any 3 consecutive years of service. 3 years ago
If you retire with at age 62 (or older) and with at least 20 years of creditable service – your pension gets a 10% bonus. 3 years ago
For employees hunting for shutdown financial aid or loans, be sure you're vetting who it's coming from. 3 years ago
The cost of child care is going down for many military families. In some cases they will be paying 30% to 40% less. 3 years ago
The SRS represents the income an employee who retired early would be earning from Social Security if they were old enough to start claiming it. 3 years ago
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