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Sweetening No-Cal COLAs: A Senior Moment?
Social Security and retired feds won't be getting a cost of living adjustment next year, but they once again may get a flat $250 payment courtesy of Congress and the administration. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks is this fair and just, or just another political senior moment?
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , $250 payment , Social Security
Fed/Social Security COLA Goes Flat!
The January cost of living adjustment retirees were counting on to help pay higher health premiums is not going to happen. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that for the second year in a row the retirees will get nothing even as federal workers get a token 1.4 percent pay raise.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey ,
Pay Raises vs. COLAs---Cows vs. Horses
Federal workers are in line for a pay raise in January. Federal retirees are not. How come? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says deflation is the reason.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , retirement , inflation , pay and benefits
Pay, Pensions, Premiums
Health premiums and pay for active duty federal workers are both going up next year. One more than the other. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes retirees are going to have to pay the same premiums but without any increase in benefits.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , 2011 pay raise , health premiums
Another No-Cal COLA for Retirees?
One in every six Americans gets a federal, military or Social Security retirement benefit that is linked to inflation. But what happens when their isn't any inflation? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey sorts out the numbers.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , BLS
Is There Life After the NSPS?
Six years ago all sorts of people were fighting to prevent the National Security Personnel System from being implemented. Now, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes some people are saying that it worked well and is being buried prematurely.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , NSPS , Randy Erwin , National Federation of Federal Employees ,
Federal Retiree - Social Security Benefits Flatline
Federal retirees didn't get a cost of living adjustment this year. What's the outlook for a COLA in 2011? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey rates the chances as somewhere between slim and none.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , Social Security , federal retirees , telework , John Sarbanes , Frank Wolf
The story behind your pay raise
WFED's Jason Miller reports.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Jason Miller , pay raise ,
No-Cal COLAs Gag Reflex
The new no-cal COLA Uncle Sam is serving up to federal and postal retirees is making a lot of them sick. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey conducts the taste test.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , pay raise
Diet Pay Raise/No-Cal COLAs
Although it's the lowest proposed pay raise in decades, most federal workers seem to be taking the proposed1.4 percent diet pay raise in stride. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many retirees are very unhappy with their no-Cal COLA.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , pay raise , FY 2011 budget
