Article Excerpt: "...Applying for immediate retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System is a Paperback book from the U.S. Government. Get it now. Find out how to apply for retirement, when to apply for retirement, ..."
Article Excerpt: "...to share information about retirement benefits for new, prospective, and current Federal employees, as well as Federal retirees and their survivors and benefits officers. Here you will find the most up-to-date information on changes, events, and other issues that may affect your Federal retirement benefits...."
Article Excerpt: "...The FERS annuity supplement is computed as if you were age 62 and fully insured for a social security benefit when the supplement begins. OPM first estimates what your..."
Article Excerpt: "...“We expect the Postal Service to make a formal request to negotiate over early-outs and incentives after several other outstanding issues have been addressed,” APWU President Cliff Guffey said in the release...."
Article Excerpt: "...The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., heralded the measure in committee debate last month, saying the legislation could save taxpayers approximately $465 million within 10 years, since agencies would be replacing fewer retirees with part-time employees...."
Article Excerpt: "...A House committee has approved a bill to allow federal employees to phase into retirement by continuing to work part-time while collecting a partial annuity, while a Senate panel has brought out a budget plan that calls for making federal retirement benefits less generous...."
Article Excerpt: "...the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of conservative members of the House, suggests making fundamental changes to the federal retirement and health benefit systems to curtail government spending. ..."
Article Excerpt: "...polled the class of federal employees -- all of whom were covered by Social Security under the Federal Employees Retirement System -- to find out how many of them were counting on the program..."
Article Excerpt: "...In passing a budget outline Thursday, the House endorsed several provisions targeting federal employee pay, retirement benefits and job levels...."
Article Excerpt: "...A major draw is the provision that would permit the Postal Service to spend part of a refund on excess contributions into the Federal Employees Retirement System on incentives to encourage up to 100,000 workers to retire or quit. ..."
Article Excerpt: "...Will it hurt me to take a buyout if they offer one?..."
Article Excerpt: "...Federal employees could phase into retirement by switching to part-time work while collecting a partial annuity, under language approved by the Senate on Thursday..."
Article Excerpt: "...number of federal agencies are offering early-retirement and buyouts ($25K before deductions)..."
Article Excerpt: "...how to discuss its top priorities with lawmakers: federal pay, retirement, workforce reduction proposals, and Customs and Border Protection staffing levels. They provided the following alternatives to legislation targeting federal workers:..."
Article Excerpt: "..."Thanks to Rep. Dave Camp R-Mich., members of Congress appear to be on the same footing as federal employees but in fact they're keeping a luxurious benefit that lets them retire years earlier than federal workers without any reduction in their pension..."