In all, 70,351 employees retired in the first six months of 2025 as compared to 56,756 employees who left federal service ...

Take a buyout or risk a later layoff? As more federal employees find their jobs in the crosshairs, financial advisors say ...

FERS provides a three-part retirement plan for U.S. civilian federal employees. Retirees receive Social Security, Basic Benefit Plan pensions, and Thrift Savings like a 401(k). Full retirement is ...

Federal employees have excellent retirement benefits, offering unique planning opportunities for age-gap couples. By understanding Medicare enrollment, RMD rules and tax changes, you can maximize ...

The Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA) encourages Army civilian employees to begin retirement planning early to ensure a ...

Impact on retirement. One federal employee, aged 55 with over 25 years of service, warned that these changes could cut retirement benefits by 30% to 40%, depending on how calculations are ...

The bill advanced by the Oversight Committee includes raising all federal and postal employees’ retirement contribution rates to 4.4%. The current rates range depending on the employee’s date of hire ...

House committee proposes plan to cut back on federal employee pensions. The biggest change would be for employees to pay a higher retirement contribution rate of 4.4% of their salary, according to ...

President Donald Trump has seized the authority to lay off federal workers and reorganize the federal government in a way ...

Federal agencies could choose to fire workers en masse or offer options like buyouts. Here's what we know about how and when ...