Your Federal Life -- May 14, 2025

Federal employee benefits could be on the chopping block. That’s as GOP lawmakers move forward with their budget reconciliation bill. Republicans are considering everything from cutting annuity supplements, to charging a fee to file a case with the Merit Systems Protection Board. It’s all to save about $50 billion out of the trillions needed to balance the budget and making the choice harder for federal employees who are weighing their options for taking an early retirement, or a deferred resignation. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman recently sat down with Federal Drive host Terry Gerton to help answer some common questions about the proposed cuts to federal benefits.

Later in the show, Federal News Network's Tom Temin catches up with Susan Tsui Grundmann on how things stand for federal employees. She was a long-time member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, director of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights and a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Plus, Federal News Network's Terry Gerton hears from former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum on new technical guidance on how DEI-related initiatives may create unlawful discrimination in workplaces. But that guidance may raise more questions than it answers. 

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