Showing posts with label CSRS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CSRS. Show all posts

Monday, December 4, 2017

Trump’s Budget Takes a Big Bite Out of Federal Retirement Benefits

Article Title: Trump’s Budget Takes a Big Bite Out of Federal Retirement Benefits
Snippet of Article: "...As part of his austerity drive, President Trump is seeking to eliminate cost-of-living adjustments for retirees in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), the premier government retirement program. He would also cut the cost-of-living adjustment rate by 0.5 percent for those covered by the parallel Civil Service Retirement System..."


Source: yahoo.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Taking CSRS Benefits to the Limit

Article Title: Taking CSRS Benefits to the Limit
Snippet of Article: "...If you are one of those already at the 80 percent limit, retirement deductions are still being taken out of your salary. If you haven’t reached the limit, they will be when you do. Your excess contributions will be refunded to you when you retire. And you’ll be offered a ..."


Source: www.fedweek.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, CSRS, [/tag]

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Best day to retire for federal workers and CSRS Offset

Article Title: Social Security, best day to retire and other life questions
Snippet of Article: "...The answer to this question for 2017 (and for most years) is Jan. 3, whether or not it is at the end of a pay period. However, in some years the leave year ends on a date before..."


Source: federalnewsradio.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, best day to retire, Social Security, CSRS, Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), CSRS Offset, best date to retire in 2017, [/tag]

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Will Retired Federal Employees Still Receive Their Annuity Payments During a Shutdown?

Article Title: Will Retired Federal Employees Still Receive Their Annuity Payments During a Shutdown?
Snippet of Article: "...The possibility of a shutdown is again looming at the end of the week. What impact does a partial government shutdown have on your annuity payments should it take place?..."


Source: fedsmith.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]

Thursday, May 10, 2012

House bill would effectively cut federal employees' pay by 5 percent

Article Title: House passes bill to cut feds' take-home pay by 5%
Snippet of Article: "...The bill would effectively cut federal employees' pay by 5 percent, and leave FERS employees contributing 5.8 percent of each paycheck toward their pensions and CSRS employees contributing 12 percent. The House approved the bill 218-199..."


Source: www.federaltimes.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, federal employees' pay, [/tag]

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Federal Retirement Blogs

Here are two very good Federal Employee Retirement Blogs you may find interesting. Both seem to provide a wealth of federal worker retirement tips and information and seem to provide good information from different referenced sources. Check them out and tell them we sent you;