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Too Many Holidays?

Has the time come for Uncle Sam to cut payroll costs by either eliminating some federal holidays or moving them to a Saturday or Sunday? A reader made the proposal to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey and he's passing the buck to you.

Tags: P&B , federal holidays

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Mike Causey's Open Season Roundup covers all kinds of benefits, not just health insurance

There are lots of things going on in the pay-and-benefits realm in the Federal government right now. Federal News Radio's Mike Causey offers a review.

Tags: pay and benefits , long term care insurance , Thrift Savings Plan

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Congressman calls for hearings about federal LTC insurance premium hikes

Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly tells Federal News Radio he wants to know why so many are seeing such high premium increases.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , LTC insurance , premium hikes , Rep. Gerry Connolly , health insurance , Dorothy Ramienski , For Your Benefit

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These Are the Good Old Days?

Remember the good old days of substantial pay raises? Well you should because that was 2009. This year. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the pay future is not so bright, for obvious reasons, for white collar feds.

Tags: P&B , 2011 budget , pay raise , locality pay

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Healthcare Reform End Game

The congressional steamroller working on health care reform doesn't appear to be a danger to your federal health plan, but as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes, anything can, and often does, happen when Senate-House members go to a last minute conference.

Tags: P&B , healthcare reform , FEHBP , excise tax

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Your Turn preview: The importance of long term care insurance

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey with a preview of tomorrow's show.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Your Turn , LTC insurance

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Long Term Care Premiums: Ripoff or Reality?

Long Term Care insurance premiums are going up 5 to 25 percent next year for many policy holders. So is this a ripoff or is it reality? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey takes a look at the upcoming changes.

Tags: P&B , LTC , Art Stein ,

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So, Who Drew the Short Straw?

Do the new benefits approved for FERS employees give them a better deal than their older colleagues under the CSRS retirement plan? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked readers and he got an earful.

Tags: P&B , CSRS , FERS , COLA , High-3

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Annual/Sick Leave Into TSP Dollars?

How would you like the option of investing your unused sick and annual leave balance into your federal Thrift Savings Plan? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's an option with legs on Capitol Hill.

Tags: P&B , leave rollover , Colleen M. Kelley , Margaret L. Baptiste

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Part II: End of NSPS, FERS flu, and more from the Defense Authorization Bill

October 28, 2009
This week, Mike is joined by Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association and Tammy Flanagan of the National Institute of Transition Planning to talk about the Defense Authorization Bill.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Your Turn ,

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