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2026 Federal Pay Raise: Which Law Enforcement Officers Will Get The Full 3.8%? | FedSmith.com Skip to
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Legislation Repealing The WEP And GPO Signed Into Law | FedSmith.com Retirement Pay & Benefits HR Agency
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OPM Implements Special 3.8% 2026 Federal Pay Raise For Law Enforcement | FedSmith.com Retirement Pay & Benefits HR
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Fixing USPS? Postal Service Reform Act Signed Into Law | FedSmith.com Retirement Pay & Benefits HR Agency News Topics TSP News
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TSP Modernization Act Is Now Law | FedSmith.com Retirement Pay & Benefits HR Agency News Topics TSP News OPM Updates Workforce
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mandatory programs continue to receive funding at levels necessary to maintain current law or prior appropriations. Transfer
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OPM Expands 2026 Special 3.8% Pay Raise To More Federal Law Enforcement Positions | FedSmith.com Retirement Pay &
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employees is now a reality after President Trump signed the bill into law. Lawmakers have been trying
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bulletin posted by the TSP, the changes under the new law will go into effect
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Requirements And Retirement: A Guide For Federal Law Enforcement Officers | FedSmith.com Skip to
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Fixing USPS? Postal Service Reform Act Signed Into Law | FedSmith.com Skip to content Menu FS Retirement Pay HR
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Employee Retirement Leave a comment The  Secure Act 2.0  is now law in the
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Employee Retirement Leave a comment The  Secure Act 2.0  is now law in the
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Early Roth TSP And Roth IRA Withdrawal Strategies For Federal Law Enforcement | FedSmith.com Skip to
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FERS Disability Retirement Law: Just Because OPM Says So, Doesn’t Make It So | FedSmith.com Skip to content
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New Law Allows Agencies To Pay Interest For Mistakes On Military Service Deposits | FedSmith
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Menu FS Retirement Pay HR Agency News More News Court Cases Current Events Leadership Q&A Authors Law Enforcement Officer Retirement, the
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increase for locality pay, but in the  final pay raise that became law,  0.5% was included
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interpretation of the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act ( S. 24 ), a law signed in 2019
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guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Carrillo is charged with
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on the earliest date possible after the shutdown ends. The law also states that excepted
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1978, the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) was created. Among other things, the law put the federal
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Some Feds Excluded from New Paid Parental Leave Benefit The new paid parental leave law does not apply to
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House that would have impacted federal employee pay and benefits were never passed into law. Many never passed the
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be at risk. While murky waters exist within the interpretation of federal law regarding a President
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as the result of a whistleblower revelation. ATF is a law enforcement agency in
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programs are no longer statutorily required to be carried out. Therefore, consistent with applicable law, including the requirements
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to an annuity supplement under  Title 5 Section 8421  of the US law code before the
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to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) regardless of when they were hired. Law enforcement officers (LEOs) and
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commonsense bill that will strengthen and improve the workplace.” Background Under current law, federal employees will usually
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Bill The version of the One Big Beautiful Bill that ultimately became law omitted numerous proposed cuts
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the Divide: Lessons from Labor Relations Therapy The author describes his journey from law-focused labor relations to
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the Agency. There is little or no specific mention of the Federal labor law or its intent in
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of Roth conversion strategy is the impact of future RMDs . Under current law, traditional TSP and
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Do You Know What Sexual Harassment Is? How is sexual harassment defined under the law? By Joe Swerdzewski Apr
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Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has officially passed through Congress and has been signed into law by the President
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Montana introduced similar bills in 2019 and 2021 that both never became law. Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles
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have a bigger impact that you think during your formative working years  Furthermore, tax law is fluid. Congress could
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conduct was inconsistent with the behavior expected of a sworn Federal Law Enforcement Officer.” ( Doe v
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dismissed the case under broad wartime immunity. The Supreme Court reversed, saying federal law does not automatically block
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Leadership Q&A Authors Subscribe Home › DEA DEA The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employs federal law enforcement agents and
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and agency operations. Articles in this section cover Supreme Court rulings on federal employment law, civil service protections, union
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regulations to implement the new paid parental leave benefit recently signed into law will be coming soon
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22 PM Categories Pay & Benefits There are 11 federal holidays in 2026. Federal law ( 5 U.S.C. 6103 ) establishes
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but a new bill would change that if it were to become law. By Ian Smith Jan
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to back pay resulting from the government shutdown despite the 2019 law that states otherwise. News
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new member of the Board, the MSPB affirmed the law judge’s initial decision
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more paid leave if a bill introduced this week were to become law. Senator Brian Schatz (D
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of Veterans Affairs (VA), and its new powers bestowed by a 2017 law, a housekeeping
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the deferred resignation program. We continue to believe this program violates the law, and we
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vice president and other Executive Schedule appointees). It was first established in law with the Consolidated
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MSPB) ruled on whether it had jurisdiction over such complaints. Since that time, an MSPB Administrative Law Judge ruled that the
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for 14 years. Her expertise is in government contracts, ethics, and personnel law. All Articles Upcoming Social
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Leave a comment The Biggest Reasons Federal Employees Retire at Age 57 Law Enforcement Officer Retirement, the
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plan. The restrictions will not apply to public safety, immigration enforcement, or law enforcement. Hiring Approval Agency
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Human Resources Legislation Would Make U.S. Citizenship Permanent Condition of Federal Employment Federal hiring law has no permanent citizenship
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of existing obligations to protect non-public government information while preserving disclosures authorized by law, including protected whistleblower disclosures
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was introduced to codify the pro or anti-Schedule F positions into law. None of the
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wants the Supreme Court to block it, warning it could destabilize federal personnel law. By Ralph R. Smith
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disruption in an era of less sharp political mayhem. The law hasn’t changed, but
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that there would be no 2026 federal pay raise. Additional 2026 Pay Raise for Law Enforcement The president
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Federal Employee Performance, Federal Job Security The federal government’s  labor relations statute  became law back in 1978
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announcement was widely anticipated after the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was signed into law on December 23, 2022
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failure to comply with COVID-19 testing, command policy, and host nation law….conduct …considered unfit for
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office, before the full Board in Washington, D.C., or before an administrative law judge, according to
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arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law;” did not follow proper
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Health Benefits (PSHB) program as required by the Postal Service Reform Act that became law last year . The
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vaccination for all Federal employees, subject to such exceptions as required by law. Each agency shall implement
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possible? It is because of the Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) which became law in the
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Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) are co-sponsors. Under current law, federal employees convicted of
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Date How to Retire Eligibility to Retire on Immediate Unreduced Pension Federal Law Enforcement Mandatory Retirement Age
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benefit from the $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 stimulus bill that recently became law. President Biden has signed
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an “epidemic of crime” in Washington, D.C. The Orders— Restoring Law and Order
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in 1991. In 2002, he became a Criminal Investigator, a law enforcement position that required
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be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i)   the authority granted by law to an
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project their tax brackets, especially after they’ve stopped working. Under the current TCJA law, tax brackets are set
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About 40 years ago, Congress passed the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA). This law intended to change
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inform employees of their rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower law. A gag
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by the Congress in December 2022 under section 2104 of Public Law 117-328, is playing
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a similar situation, it is advisable to speak with an experienced federal employment law attorney, as cases can
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a threat against the President in violation of federal law. He was arrested on
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result of President Biden’s executive order. Possibility of New Bill Becoming Law Most bills proposed in
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vaccination for all Federal employees, subject to such exceptions as required by law. Each agency shall implement
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Act? The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is a federal law protecting federal employee whistleblowers
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those orders, no longer may be enforced and shall be rescinded consistent with applicable law. Sec. 3.  Effective Date
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he or she “reasonably believes” there is a violation of a “law, rule, or regulation, or
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right now and are not currently in effect. They may never become law, or if any of
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pay, and disrupted services. Even essential staff—like air traffic controllers and law enforcement officers—typically must
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political preferences and have been found to have violated the law against partisan political activity
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makes a case like this so interesting is that there was very little case law upon which to
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plan. (p. 2) DHS charged Cruz with bigamy and conduct unbecoming a law enforcement officer. Bigamy was
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what accommodations are federal employees diagnosed with it entitled to under the law? By Mathew B. Tully
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Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) is the foundational statute governing federal employment law, establishing the merit
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pensions for Members of Congress if it were to become law. By Ian Smith Feb
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Subscribe Home › NLRB NLRB The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) enforces private sector labor law, but NLRB actions and
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to them if not for the Democrat-led DHS shutdown, consistent with applicable law, including 31 U.S.C. 1301
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payments for another five years? A : This is how the law works. The Office
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common questions and answers for federal employees surrounding the new law. By Mathew B. Tully