Benefits Newsletter: January, 2024

The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season elections and the 2024 FEHB plan rates will be effective on January 14, 2024.   You will see these changes reflected on your Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) for the pay date of February 2, 2024.

If you entered a new TSP election into myPay for 2024, you should check myPay to confirm your election.  Additionally, you should view your Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) each pay period to confirm your TSP deductions.  You can access your LES in myPay.  After an election is entered into

Last year, NIH employees lost an estimated $5.9 million in annual leave. Don’t let your leave disappear!  Please donate your unused “Use-or-Lose” annual leave to the NIH Leave Bank or Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (VLTP) by January 13, 2024! 

Leave donations to the NIH Leave Bank or VLTP reinforce the charitable and giving spirit of the NIH community and ensure your fellow employees experiencing a personal or family medical emergency have the paid leave they need. 

It is very important and your responsibility to review your LES each pay day to ensure that proper deductions are being withheld.  You can access your LES at any time in myPay.  Should you discover a benefits withholding problem, notify your Benefits Contact immediately.

Do you have questions about the terms on LES?  You can view the LES terms and definitions.

myPay is the self-service system that allows you to make a number of employee elections, such as changes to your home address, TSP contributions, direct deposit of pay, allotments, tax withholdings, and Open Season health benefits elections.  When entering elections into myPay, carefully read the important information contained on the entry pages.  If you move to or from Maryland, you must complete a state tax form for you

To submit an address change to update your personnel record, go to myPay and select “Mailing Address.”  After entering your new address, select “Save.”  Your address will be updated in the HR system within 2-4 weeks.  Any address change made in myPay will automatically transmit to update your TSP account record; however, it does not automatically transmit to your health insurance carrie

Access to your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) is just a click away.   You have the ability to easily view and monitor your personnel record.  For information on how to log into your eOPF and for the eOPF log-in link.