Federal employees receive a retirement benefit package that includes a pension, a tax-advantaged savings plan and Social Security. But many do not fully understand how these benefits work, and that ...

Former federal workers are set to receive between 2.6% and 3.6% more from their retirement annuity next year, according to ...

From Medicare premiums and Social Security earnings limits to a federal pay freeze, several changes could affect retirees’ ...

The 2027 COLA is 3.6% for Social Security and CSRS, 2.6% for FERS. See when the increase arrives, how to view it online, and ...

A bigger 2027 COLA can make more Social Security taxable. See what three federal retirees could owe in federal income taxes, from $0 to $337 more.

I testified yesterday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on federal employee retirement benefits. Republicans in Congress have proposed increasing employee pension contributions and reducing ...

A federal employee with 30 years of service and a $90,000 high-3 average salary receives only $27,000 annually under FERS, just 30% of pre-retirement income. To bridge that gap, employees must ...

Federal retirement benefits aren’t as simple as they seem. In many cases, they’re far more complex than those in the private sector. Advisors with clients who receive federal benefits must become ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Juliane Sonntag / Getty Images Federal ...

Federal Employee Benefit Advisors (FEBA) works with federal employees, offering insight into how benefit structures are interpreted in day-to-day decision-making. Through these interactions, the firm ...

Although Qualified Domestic Relations Orders are the vehicles by which most qualified retirement plans are distributed at the time of divorce, they are not the appropriate tool for distributing ...