Employees who transferred to FERS from CSRS and have a CSRS component to their retirement will have the following rules applied to crediting their unused sick leave: If they have fewer hours of ...

A long-standing gripe among civil servants who joined the government in 1987 or after is they cannot count unused sick leave days toward time worked when determining their retirement annuity ...

A bill introduced in the House on Tuesday would allow workers in the Federal Employees Retirement System to cash out their unused sick leave upon retirement. The benefit also would apply to ...

A majority of federal employees would be able to cash out part of their unused sick leave at retirement under a bill introduced yesterday by Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.).

FERS, unlike the more generous (in some ways) Civil Service Retirement System that it replaced in the mid-1980s, doesn’t allow employees preparing for retirement to credit unused sick leave ...

"Last week the U.S. Senate voted in favor of the conference report for H.R. 2647, which included language that will allow employees in the Federal Employees Retirement System ("FERS"), such as FBI ...

Despite opposition from the White House, Congress is working on a repellent for the flu bug that routinely bites thousands of longtime civil servants — costing the taxpayers $69 million each year.

There are plenty of retirement plans for workers: 401(k)s and pension plans set up through your employer, IRAs you can manage on your own and Social Security benefits available to every American ...

If you work in the public sector or plan to, FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) is an acronym you will soon know well.

How the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Works . Just like the employees of some small businesses and most large corporations, federal government workers are able to save money through ...