Pay
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Actual 2020 raises for civilian employees will range from 2.85% to 3.52%, depending on where they work. Check out the 2020 locality pay rates OPM has released to see where you land.
December 27, 2019 -
The executive order implements 3.1% military pay raise on Jan. 1. Civilian employees will see similar increases in their first 2020 paycheck.
December 26, 2019 -
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December 26, 2019 -
Just about everybody knows the stock market is long overdue for a correction of 20% or more — maybe a lot more.
December 23, 2019 -
With little time to spare before the deadline, President Donald Trump signed two shutdown-averting spending bills into law and a 3.1% federal pay raise. He also signed the annual defense authorization bill, which includes a new paid parental leave program for most federal employees.
December 20, 2019 -
Only about 12,300 service members will receive cost of living adjustments in 2020.
December 20, 2019 -
White collar federal civil servants are on track to get a 3.1% pay raise next year — the largest in a decade for 1.2 million civil servants.
December 20, 2019 -
The Senate has sent two minibus spending bills to the president's desk for his signature. President Donald Trump must sign both by Friday to avoid a second government shutdown in 2019.
December 19, 2019 -
Timing federal retirement right allows you to carry over the maximum amount of annual leave, and in 2020 be paid for most if not all of it at the new higher 3.1% pay raise.
December 18, 2019 -
The House has sent "minibus" spending bills, which include a 3.1% federal pay raise, to the Senate for its consideration. Congress must pass and the president must sign both bills into law by Friday to avoid a second government shutdown this year.
December 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, USPS' Ethics Office wants to remind its employees about the restrictions applied to receiving gifts from customers and vendors.
December 17, 2019 -
A 3.1% federal pay raise is a key feature of one of two "minibus" spending bills, which congressional appropriators unveiled Monday evening. Both the House and Senate are expected to quickly vote on both this week before Friday's funding deadline.
December 16, 2019 -
If there’s a government shutdown next year, in late 2020, will air traffic controllers on paid parental leave actually get paid?
December 16, 2019 -
Changes in the 2020 Basic Allowance for Housing rates vary widely across the U.S., with some locales seeing increases of nearly 30% and others falling by more than 10%.
December 13, 2019 -
A year ago this week some long-service, long-suffering federal government workers were prepping for the slim possibility of a government shutdown over Christmas.
December 13, 2019