The new electronic retirement system promises a faster, more accurate process, but some users are still adjusting to the ...

"In the area of reducing benefits, Social Security has always been a system that's been kind of tilted towards the lower wage ...

A proposed legislative overhaul of the federal pension system could significantly impact new government employees, requiring them to contribute more without guaranteed benefits.

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

For federal employees who were hired before 1984, it was easy, they were under the single benefit, Civil Service Retirement System. The retirement age was 55. It was common for a typical federal ...

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

The budget reconciliation bill would eliminate the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) supplement, which provides income to federal workers who retire before age 62 when Social Security ...

Knowing the ins and outs of retirement is challenging, especially for federal government employees.

Benefits As a federal employee, you are eligible for retirement benefits through the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS).

Why are these benefits so difficult to understand, and how can federal employees set themselves up for financial and retirement success?

If passed as is, the new law would reduce retirement benefits for some federal workers by eliminating the Federal Employees Retirement System annuity supplement, which allows workers to become ...

Hundreds of federal workers process thousands of retirement applications every month, by hand in a converted former mine.