If you're one of the many federal employees being offered early retirement but are still years away from your Minimum ...

The term Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) refers to a retirement plan for U.S. federal civilian employees. FERS is a defined-benefit plan that replaced the Civil Service Retirement ...

One employee, slated to retire at the end of April, emailed me: Could a sudden layoff without cause — or “reduction in force” (RIF) in government jargon — derail his hard- ...