For employees in 6(c) positions, law enforcement, firefighting and air traffic control, that risk is part of the job. It also means your career may not follow a straight line to retirement. Injury, ...

The Department of Labor launched a toolkit for financial independence of people with disabilities. The toolkit centralizes resources on benefits, ABLE accounts, and planning for disability-related ...

Before you rush out the door, consider how a few more years of service can permanently boost your FERS annuity and Social ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order April 30 that will broaden access to retirement savings for workers whose employers don’t offer 401(k)-type plans. The order creates a new website, ...

President Donald Trump ordered the launch of a new website, TrumpIRA.gov, where workers can research, compare and enroll in private-sector retirement plans. Trump floated the idea of expanding access ...

TSP is the critical third leg for federal employees after FERS pensions (averaging 30% of pre-retirement income) and Social Security, requiring deliberate allocation away from the conservative G Fund ...

Federal employees receive a retirement benefit package that includes a pension, a tax-advantaged savings plan and Social Security. But many do not fully understand how these benefits work, and that ...

A federal employee with 28 years of service and a $92,000 salary will receive a pension closer to $28,000 a year under the FERS formula, well below the 60% to 70% of pre-retirement income many workers ...

The United States Postal Service is suspending employer pension contributions for workers beginning Friday, citing a looming cash shortfall, the agency announced Thursday. The move, which affects the ...

The U.S. Postal Service is suspending its contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System, a pension plan for its workers and other civil servants, as the agency struggles with mounting ...