Besides ensuring the federal government remains fully funded, President Biden’s signature yesterday on the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 23) contains several provisions that will directly impact health and retirement benefit plans. First, CAA 23 enacts the Setting Every Community Up for...
On March 28, 2023, the federal government tabled its 2023 budget,“A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future”(the “Budget”). Last week, our Tax Group released itscomprehensive Budget commentary. Notably for employers, that comme...
Welcome to the Federal Employee’s Career Development Center. This site assists federal government civil service employees to develop realistic Individual Development Plans (IDPs). Federal employees have attractive career development and upward mobility opportunities available to them. This site can also ...
You will receive a lump sum payment for accrued and unusedannual leavewhen you leave government or retire. A lump-sum leave payment represents all the days you would have worked if you had remained in federal service. (Holidays are counted as workdays when making that projection.) ...
Before Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in 2021, the government only considered an insurance policy affordable if the annual cost for the benchmark plan was between 2% and 9% of your income, depending on where you fell on the FPL. You could receive a premium tax credit to lower you...
Federal employees facing a Reduction in Force (RIF) is a real threat as of the posting of this article. Since the 2024 Presidential Election results, the establishment of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the appointments of cartoonish like individuals… ...
and compliance. For the past 15 years, Shawn has educated over 38,000 Federal employees on retirement, life, health, and other government benefits through nationwide workshops. A former registered representative, Shawn held Series 7, 63, 24, and 65 licenses. He resides in Shreveport, Louisiana....
The pandemic placed intense pressure on the U.S. government to protect and provide for citizens, as well as on the federal workers tasked with carrying out the job. The strain on federal workers is visible in survey data: roughly one in three federal workers in the past year required more...
Workday Staff WritersApril 11, 2023 The last few years amounted to perhaps the biggest stress test government agencies have ever faced. As crises so often do, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked urgent and necessary changes. Federal agencies raced to digitize public services while also rolling out rem...
Museums and the National Zoo: During past shutdowns, Smithsonian museums and the zoo have had to close because they depend on government funding. However, it's possible they could stay open, at least initially. The Smithsonian said in September 2023 that it wo...