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On December 20, 2019, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, [1] the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) [2] granted federal government employees up to 12 weeks of paid time off for the birth, adoption or foster of a new child. [3] The law applies to births or placements occurring on or after October ...
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Social Security benefits will get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025. Social Security benefits are protected from inflation by cost-of-living adjustments ...
The increase in benefits could be the result of an 8.7 percent COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment, to keep up with inflation. The Social Security Administration is expected to announce the actual ...
How the 2025 COLA compares to recent adjustments. As of August 2024, the average Social Security recipient received a monthly benefit of $1,783.55.But the average retired worker did a bit better ...
For 2025, the Social Security wage base — the cap on earnings subject to Social Security tax — will rise to $176,100, meaning only income up to that amount is taxed for Social Security.
Most new federal employees hired on or after January 1, 1987, are automatically covered under FERS. Those newly hired and certain employees rehired between January 1, 1984, and December 31, 1986, were automatically converted to coverage under FERS on January 1, 1987; the portion of time under the old system is referred to as "CSRS Offset" and only that portion falls under the CSRS rules.
Because Social Security recipients received a high COLA of 8.7% in 2023, more beneficiaries are likely to be liable for federal income taxes on their Social Security benefits for the first time ...
When you look at the history of Social Security COLAs since the turn of the century, the 2025 COLA is remarkably average. It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% ...