Roseanne is a retired USPS employee with an extensive background in USPS retirement, disability retirement, OWCP, EEO, Labor Relations and HR. She conducts individual and group counseling and is able to comprehensively discuss the pros and cons of employees who are on OWCP, disability retirement and regular retirement. Roseanne will be happy to answer your…
By Eric Katz – March 18, 2015 Senate Republicans called for cuts to the federal workforce, higher pension contributions and changes to health care benefits in a budget blueprint unveiled Wednesday. The changes would result in $170 billion in savings over 10 years on the backs of federal employees, Senate Budget Committee aides said. The…
Effective March 19, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Recently, section 401 of the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013,” signed into law by the President on December 26, 2013, created another class of FERS coverage, FERS-Further Revised Annuity Employee (FRAE). New career employees (as designated in the statute)…
Effective March 19, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Recently Public Law 112-96, the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” made changes to the FERS retirement law. New career employees (as designated in the statute) hired on or after January 1, 2013, will be…
Good Day Postal Employees……and a Very Happy New Year!!! This has been a very busy month with emails and retirements seminars. It still amazes me how many employees are still confused regarding their benefits in retirement, and the very calculation of their retirement. Many still confuse CSRS rules with FERS (very different) rules in retirement…
For CSRS retirees: (08/19/14) The 2015 CSRS retiree COLA is based on the third quarter (July, August, September) average CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average. After the second quarter of 2014, the third quarter of the 2015 COLA adjustment period, the quarterly index has risen by 1.7%. For FERS retirees: (08/19/14)…
