Author - John Sanders

09 Mar

Incentives For Retirees In Good Shape

If you’re looking to spend your retirement in good shape and health, there are a number of federal health plans that provide you incentives for remaining in good shape both before & after your retirement.
These incentives may be either cash or normal credit, which can be utilized for medical expenses. They may also be used for meeting insurance-related expenses like coinsurance, copayments, or deductibles.
In order to derive maximum benefits from these programs, we recommend that you start early. You […]

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05 Mar

Defense Secretary Esper Unsure On Starting New Collective Bargaining Rules

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Wednesday that he was still thinking about his next move that has to do with a recent Presidential order that wants to take away the union bargaining rights of military-civilian employees.
When questioned by lawmakers about its possible impact on the Pentagon’s civilian workers, he said that he had no play in this decision. In a recent memo, President Trump said that he would be giving the Defense Secretary the power to exempt […]

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26 Feb

Hike Rates from USPS

The US Postal System is likely to raise its rates as it seeks to implement a new system that ties price hikes to increases in costs. Regulators have issued a new proposal where the existing system is to be overhauled completely.
The Postal Regulatory Commission isn’t ready to relinquish the authority to fix the rates of the services offered by the US Postal System, something that the latter’s management has repeatedly requested.
This new proposal seeks to link the USPS’s price […]

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18 Feb

The TSP Ended With a BANG

The 401(k)-style retirement savings program of the federal government has completed 2019 with a bang as every fund increased in value this year. Except for a single portfolio, all the others saw net positive results in 2019.
The I Fund led the rally for the Thrift Savings Plan in December, which saw an increase of 3.24% during the month of December. The fund grew 22.47% in 2019 alone.
The F fund was the sole TSP portfolio, which ended December with a […]

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11 Feb

Good News for Federal Workers

While this year started off with a government shutdown that was the longest ever in US history, it ended well for federal workers. Apart from a generous pay raise, Pres. Trump also decided to provide increased federal benefits to government employees – twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave in the event of the birth, fostering, or adoption of children. However, there were a few bad and good changes as well. Here is the complete rundown:
Paychecks are going to […]

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03 Feb

Federal Agencies Are Now Requiring an Updated Management Model

Government agencies are now dealing with important performance issues, which can be pointed to the society and attitude that the present civil service culture has formed, the reliance put on old ways of doing things and policies, and an older workforce. Most of the time good leadership is needed for dealing with these issues. The good news is that recent success stories continue to confirm that it is possible to have good work performance.
There are many obstacles blocking the […]

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27 Jan

New Government Plans: Elevate and Elevate Plus

The FEHB Program has made the decision to offer out two governmentwide indemnity plans: Elevate Plus and Elevate, which is to be controlled by GEHA. This will be the first move in more than 30 years.
Even though, to say they are ‘indemnity’ plans may not be accurate. Although they do look like typical indemnity plans, these new plans come under a new fee-for-service category. Unlike conventional indemnity plans that don’t use doctors’ networks and pay out set percentages of […]

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14 Jan

Delaying Retirement

There are many people who choose not to retire despite turning 65. Millie Parson, a notable FBI employee retired at the age of 88 after working for over 62 years. She lived for another 11 years in retirement till the age of 99. There is also Emil Corwin, who started at the US FDA till the age of 74 and the retired at 96. Corwin passed away shortly before turning 108 years old.
Not everyone is thinking about working for […]

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02 Jan

The FEHB Program is Ready to Provide Two Government Indemnity Plans for a Wide Variety of Workers

The FEHB Program is ready to provide two government indemnity plans for a wide variety of workers: Elevate Plus and Elevate, these two are to be run by GEHA. It’s been 30 years since such a move has been done.
Even though, to say they are ‘indemnity’ plans may not be completely true. Even though they might look like typical indemnity plans, these types of plans fall under a fee-for-service type of plan. Unlike traditional indemnity plans that do not […]

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17 Dec

Labor Authority Preliminarily Finds Social Security Illegally Intimidated Union Officials

A preliminary conclusion made by a FLRA investigator shows that Social Security Administration officials had made illegal attempts to intimidate AALJ officials earlier in the year.
The union had filed a labor practice disagreement back in June complaining that management officials had issued verbal threats about disciplining union officials after it came to light that they used official time and left their workspaces for preparing for their collective bargaining negotiation session, in spite of the fact that this practice is […]

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