Why do federal pay raises lag the private sector? The federal budget proposal unveiled by the White House in March included an average pay increase of 4.6% for civilian federal workers, matching a planned military pay raise. Historically, with pay lagging in the federal sector...
The first formal proposal for the 2024 federal employee raise has been introduced in Congress for 8.7 percent, an amount that sponsors say would help catch up federal employees for years of under-paid raises. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, or FAIR Act, would be “a critical step...
food, medical insurance and other basic necessities due to wages that have not kept pace with inflation,” Kelley said. “But unlike other employees, federal workers depend on Congress for their annual pay raises-and these adjustments in recent years have fallen short.” ...
Employee Groups Urge House to Allow Federal Pay Raises (Posted 2013- 02-12 17:01:55) ; A Coalition of Unions and Other Organizations Representing Federal Employees Is Asking Congress to Allow a 0.5 Percent Federal Employee Raise Set for April to Take Effect...
‘effectively eliminates’ consideration of whether an employee performs ‘bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity’ duties in favor of what amounts to a salary-only test,” wrote Jordan, whom Trump appointed district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
New Federal Budget Raises the Stakes of Employee MisclassificationEric H. Rumbaugh
a disgruntled public employee, or even a congressional committee or the president himself. Data-sharing partners, such as peer governments (local and international), contractors, academics, and other trusted counterparties to data-sharing agreements multiply the risk vectors. Too many leaks have resulte...
Workers could see largest raises since Great Recession in 2023 In practice, that reduction can occur in a few ways: Employees may accept a smaller raise from their current employer as a tradeoff for working from home a few days a week, or take a new job at lower pay but with a greater...
WASHINGTON –America's new consumer watchdog agency has come up with a unique solution for its troubled employee-rating system: Give almost everyone a gold star. The independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- created under the 2010 "Dodd-Frank" financial industry overhaul to serve as a ...
The possible vaccine requirement for federal workers raises ethics questions, since the vaccines have not been fully authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.