This week’s podcast features an update on the 2024 federal pay raise. Also, a look at modernization efforts at OPM.
Find out why the best bets for next year’s annual raise for federal employees are 8.7% and 5.2% – and what you can do about it. Since 2016, the path of such salary increases have started in February with the RAISE Act and ended at the President’s desk via executive order.
Also, a peek at OPM’s recent modernization efforts in retirement services. Will this speed up the time it takes to process a FERS or CSRS retirement claim?
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