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Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

​In this week’s benefits news for Feds, OPM assumes you won’t be getting a raise next year, there could be big changes at OPM soon, the average retirement age has been creeping up, and deciding when to claim your Social Security check is not easy. Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

​In this week’s benefits news for Feds, OPM’s Director is brutally removed, retirees will get the largest COLA in seven years, we’ll talk about protecting yourself and your family from a disability, and quiz you to see if you can tell the truth from fiction when it comes to retirement. Let’s go.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, the TSP may have to accommodate withdrawals for sexual harassment settlements of your Congresspeople and you’ll learn how to avoid tax penalties on your TSP. In the non-TSP news, we hear of another approach for re-focusing OPM. And, you’re about to get ‘re-skilled’. Let’s get re-started.

 

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, the Administration wants to get rid of OPM, and resistance keeps growing against those darned recent Executive Orders. We also learn which agencies could have the most retirees coming, and that it’s not all just about the money. Really?  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

​In this week’s Federal benefits news, there is more talk about OPM’s suggested reforms to employee compensation, we look at the cost to you of the proposed benefits cuts and are surprised by pushback on the cuts from a new group. Oh, and should we talk about how baby boomers broke America? Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, OPM proposes changes to your Federal benefits and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association has something to say about it, a court rules on a forced Federal retirement issue, and we get a deeper dive into changes coming to your healthcare plans.  Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading On Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we hear the echo calling for civil service reform, learn that being a Fed in DC is not the same as the rest of the country, get an update on changes to your TSP, and discuss what happens when life takes an unexpected turn. Let’s get started.

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

Weekend Reading on Your Federal Benefits

In this week’s Federal benefits news, we follow up on the retirement application backlog, learn where retirees will pay the lowest taxes, keep a watch on proposals to change sick leave and within-grade raises, and discover the cruelties of being an Oshiver.  Let’s get started.