Understanding each part of your federal retirement can help you plan when and how to retire and avoid surprises.

I am a Federal Employee Retirement System worker who converted from the Civil Service Retirement System. Under FERS, the only sick leave that I can convert for retirement is 100 hours that I built up ...

Determining whether a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retiree can collect spousal Social Security benefits isn't always easy. Typically, because those under CSRS do not pay into Social Security ...

A survey shows most workers expect to retire at 65 or later, but many haven’t calculated savings for health care or ...

Federal employee benefits are controlled by the Federal government through laws adopted by Congress and promulgated in the Code of Federal Regulations. Anyone who serves Federal Employees in ...

A recent Federal Diary on a House bill that would make deferred retirement payments a better deal for federal employees caught the attention of several readers who raised questions and wished to make ...

Each year, retired Social Security recipients are automatically eligible for a cost-of-living-adjustment (or COLA) to their benefits to compensate for inflation — but not all COLAs are created equal.

I’ve commented before how surprised I am that a high percentage of emails I get come from the relatively small group of people in this country who don’t even pay into Social Security. Most of those ...