Pay & Benefits

Sen. Brian Schatz and Sen. Barbara Mikulski introduced the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act on Sept. 15.

Lodging rates go up after being flat for 2015; meal rates get first review since 1980s.

The last time federal employees received a pay raise above 3 percent was in 2009, when feds got a 3.9 percent pay raise.

Changes to pension contribution rates could cost federal employees thousands of dollars a year.

The administration said it would extend the threshold for overtime pay to federal employees if new rule is finalized.

For federal employees in many states, ABA therapy is not covered, costing them tens of thousands of dollars a year.

Senators say new legislation the result of an increase in retiree theft and fraud by representatives.

NARFE wants OPM Director Katherine Archuleta to encourage agencies to use the program.

An additional 21 locality areas would be expanded to included new counties.

The expansion of the new locality areas will help feds in those cities reach parity with the private sector.