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Columbus Day, which is a federal holiday, is "one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. holidays," according to the Pew Research Center. A demonstrator takes part in a protest against ...
The most notable change to Social Security benefits in 2025 should be good news. All current recipients will receive a boost to their monthly benefit thanks to the Social Security cost-of-living ...
All Members pay Social Security payroll taxes equal to 6.2% of the Social Security taxable wage base ($128,400 in 2018). Members first covered by FERS prior to 2013 also pay 1.3% of full salary to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF).
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also known as Columbus Day, happens every October on the month's second Monday. This US federal holiday will fall on Monday, October 14, this year.
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.). Below is a list of all observances so designated.
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Benefits are getting a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment. Each year, Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
The Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) is the retirement system for employees within the United States civil service. FERS [1] became effective January 1, 1987, to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and to conform federal retirement plans in line with those in the private sector. [2] FERS consists of three major components: