Federal News Network has compiled answers to what happens to federal pay, benefits and retirement during a government shutdown, based on agency guidance.

Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next.

Tens of thousands of government workers are preparing to leave the federal workforce Tuesday, the final day for many who took the government’s “Fork in the Road” resignation offer earlier this year. Among those are as many as 60,

Those retiring from the federal workforce, being let go, or accepting a buyout offer should consider their health insurance and retirement accounts.

Following the federal government shutdown Tuesday night, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) has introduced a bill to support federal workers impacted financially.

Federal News Network’s Terry Gerton has tips on what federal workers could be doing to prepare for a potential government shutdown as the deadline nears with no compromise in sight.

There has been a lot to worry about for federal employees and their benefits in 2025, but one thing that has been doing very well is the Thrift Savings Plan! The TSP will continue its normal daily operations during the current lapse in appropriations. Visit tsp.gov/shutdown/ for additional information and updates.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 30 advanced a legislative package to raise the retirement contribution rates for federal civilian employees and reduce their eventual benefits by adjusting the way annuity payments are calculated.

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

The Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act would clarify that lapses in appropriations qualify federal workers to take a hardship withdrawal from the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program and eliminate the associated 10% penalty in those instances.

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee ...