Pay & Benefits

Feds saw year-long roller coaster ride instead of straight answer on pay raise question in 2018

Federal employees wondering whether they'll see a pay raise in 2019 were in for a year-long roller coaster ride rather than a straight answer. One week before t...

Daisy Thornton@dthorntonWFED

December 28, 2018 11:53 am

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**2. White House wants to change pay for federal workers**

Anticipation kicked off the week before the budget was released, when senior officials with the Office of Management and Budget said these changes would be proposed. This wasn’t the first time feds got a preview of the administration’s plans, either. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) had learned about and announced the possibility of a pay freeze for civilian workers in 2019 from a preliminary budget document in Dec. 2017.

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Daisy Thornton

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