2024 COLA Outlook: Gauging Inflation and Introduced Bills
Upcoming Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries and federal annuitants. Plus, proposed legislation about both COLA and leave.
Four Follies that Can Ruin Your Federal Retirement
Jen delves into items 1 to 4 from her ’10 more ways to ruin a federal retirement’ list.
Leave Transfer Programs for Feds Dealing with an Emergency
The final piece in our series on leave for federal employees. We go over Emergency and Voluntary Transfer Programs, then conclude with a recap on all types of leave.
Alternative Work Schedules for Federal Employees
The fourth article in our series on leave for feds looks at flexible and compressed work schedules for feds.
Family and Medical Leave for Feds: Both Paid and Unpaid
How and when can a federal employee use FMLA leave – both paid and unpaid.
Sick Leave: How it Works, Accumulates, and Impacts Your Retirement
In what situations can you use sick leave? Can you use annual leave instead if you’re sick? How is sick leave credited when calculating your FERS or CSRS pension?
What Happens When My Spouse, Who Works for the Federal Government, Dies?
Spouse was a federal employee and recently passed – what to know about FERS, FEHB, and more.
Fed-Life-Cycle: Committed Mid-Career Fed
Have you been a federal employee for more than 15 years? Jennifer Meyer continues her Fed-Life-Cycle series, reviewing what Committed Mid-Career Feds need to be aware of to prepare for…
8 Things To Do Right Now For Retirement (Your future self will thank you!)
Start 2022 Off Right- What Feds should do now to set yourself up for financial success in 2022 and Beyond
New Federal Vaccine Policy Clarified by Biden Administration
A series of FAQs were answered by the executive branch regarding the new vaccination policy for the federal workforce