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Pay & Benefits

  • The Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act would counteract some of the Social Security reductions for public servants caused by the Windfall Elimination Provision. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Feds could get a better Social Security calculation under new legislation

    The Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act would counteract some of the Social Security reductions for public servants caused by the Windfall Elimination Provision.

    Jessie Bur
    April 5
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., led congressional efforts to guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave for federal employees to both take care of a new child and address personal or family medical needs. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
    Congress moves to expand feds’ paid leave options

    The bill expands on legislation passed in 2019 to guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents in the federal workforce.

    Jessie Bur
    January 28
  • President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors. (iStock/Getty Images)
    Biden seeks a $15 minimum wage for feds and contractors

    President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors.

    Jessie Bur
    January 22
  • Federal employees would receive a total 3.2 percent pay increase next year under new legislation. (Stefan Klein/Istockphoto)
    Legislators again call for a significant federal pay raise next year

    Federal employees would receive a total 3.2 percent pay increase next year under new legislation.

    Jessie Bur
    January 21
  • The increase is smaller than the year prior but more than the threatened freeze that feds could have faced this year. (Getty Images)
    Feds receive 1 percent pay raise for 2021

    The increase is smaller than the year prior but more than the threatened freeze that feds could have faced this year.

    Jessie Bur
    January 4
  • Federal employees and service members will be able to extend payments back to Social Security over 12 months, rather than the initial four-month timetable. (BrianAJackson/Getty Images)
    Feds get extended payroll tax timeline, likely pay increase in 2021

    Federal employees and service members will be able to extend payments back to Social Security over 12 months, rather than the initial four-month timetable

    Jessie Bur
    December 21, 2020
  • Federal employees would be frozen at 2020 pay rates under proposed Senate funding bills. (FrankvandenBergh)
    Senate appropriators propose federal pay freeze for 2021

    Federal employees would be frozen at 2020 pay rates under proposed Senate funding bills.

    Jessie Bur
    November 10, 2020
  • Federal employees have important considerations to make when choosing health insurance for 2021. (AlexRaths)
    The Federal Times guide to open season

    Federal employees have important considerations to make when choosing health insurance for 2021.

    Jessie Bur
    November 10, 2020
  • Federal employees have slightly fewer health insurance options but more dental and vision choices for 2021. (Valeriya/Getty Images)
    2021 federal open season begins

    Federal employees have slightly fewer health insurance options but more dental and vision choices for 2021.

    Jessie Bur
    November 9, 2020
  • The rule would enable agencies to front the cost of miscalculated retirement deposits, rather than the employees themselves. (Getty Images)
    OPM proposes rule to fix the burden of vets’ miscalculated pensions

    The rule would enable agencies to front the cost of miscalculated retirement deposits, rather than the employees themselves.

    Jessie Bur
    November 5, 2020
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