Obtained disability retirement and a cash settlement for a postal employee, thus allowing him to relocate from Florida to New York to be with his family in order to recover from a medical condition.
Achieved reinstatement of a Federal Air Marshall with full back pay and benefits for a total compensation of over $100,000 after his termination.
Obtained reversal of a denial of disability retirement for a postal employee by the OPM, plus attorneys fees from the MSPB.
In combining and passing two high-priority bills, Congress dropped several proposals to require higher retirement contributions by all employees but backed a plan to create a “phased retirement” authority. Bills extending some transportation programs and a student loan rate reduction were merged, but the final version that has now been signed by President Obama (P.L. [...]
The Social Security Administration is offering early retirement to employees meeting certain qualifications, amounting to about 9,000 of its 62,000-employee workforce. However, unlike many early-out offers made by other agencies, it is not accompanied by a buyout offer. Buyout incentive payments commonly are seen as a sweetener to accompany early retirement offers, in part because [...]
Congress has recessed through September 10, leaving itself with decisions still to make on numerous issues of interest to federal employees and retirees, including whether there will be a raise in January or whether salary rates will be frozen for a third straight year. One of the first orders of business when legislators return will [...]
