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Monday Memo: Week of July 22, 2024

Posted by: Anna Haber - 24/07/2024

OPM Directs Agencies to Advance Pay Equity for Federal Employees 

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is directing agencies to conduct independent pay gap analyzes to advance pay equity throughout the federal workforce.

Capturing Credit Toward a Federal Annuity for Military Service 

One of the least understood aspects of federal retirement policy involves capturing credit for military service after 1956.

Administrative Law Judge Union to Push for Expanded Annual Carryover Leave 

Officials with a union that represents administrative law judges at the Social Security Administration say their jobs are more akin to those of senior-level federal jobs than General Schedule positions.

Report Cautions of 'Unintended Consequences' of Default Retirement Saving 

Employer-sponsored retirement savings plans that have new employees invest some of their pay by default increase the percentages of those who save through such plans but can also have "unintended consequences," says a Congressional Research Service Report.