The FERS basic retirement benefit often includes a “supplement” to take the place of a Social Security retirement benefit when an employee retires with an unreduced, immediate benefit, but is younger ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the potential changes to federal retirement benefits that are included in proposed legislation that is moving through Congress. The key word is “proposed” because since ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law ...

Searching for savings to partially offset trillions of dollars in tax cuts, Republicans on a U.S. House panel voted Wednesday to cut pensions and retirement benefits for federal employees. Here are ...

If you're planning to retire after 2028 under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), a new bill could take away a major piece of your expected income: the FERS annuity supplement. The FERS ...

FERS provides a three-part retirement plan for U.S. civilian federal employees. Retirees receive Social Security, Basic Benefit Plan pensions, and Thrift Savings like a 401(k). Full retirement is age ...

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) finally announced the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026—a respectable 2.8% increase—it was a positive signal for tens of millions of Americans.

Michele Santa Maria was 18 and a year out of high school when she landed a job at the Social Security Administration's field office in Chula Vista, Calif., in May 1990. She started out answering ...