federal pay raise
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Working for the federal government used to be a good gig, but now, there are some definite downsides or at least uncertainties.
March 24, 2017 -
The full 2018 budget proposal could include a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees. This number is in line with the annual pay adjustment formula set under Title 5 of the U.S. Code for most federal employees under the General Schedule. The President can ultimately choose to differ from this formula and must tell Congress of his alternative by Sept. 1.
March 21, 2017 -
Federal Headlines reports that the Trump administration will be announcing a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian employees.
March 21, 2017 -
Wonder what the new administration has in store for your pay and benefits? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it will be the same-old-same-old, except maybe not.
February 01, 2017 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is once again reintroducing the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act. This time, Connolly's bill proposes a 3.2 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2018.
January 31, 2017 -
Most people expect a raise when they get a promotion. But for some feds in 2017, thanks to salary compression, that’s not the case.
January 23, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the best paid federal workers aren't here, and if you want a pay raise, your best move is to move.
January 10, 2017 -
The National Treasury Employees Union and the Senior Executives Association both said they hope to better educate the new administration and Congress about the federal workforce.
January 06, 2017 -
From a massive January snowstorm to a pay raise for all federal employees, we look back at the stories that meant the most to our readers in 2016.
December 30, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed an executive order authorizing a 2.1 percent pay parity for civilian employees in 2017. This order supersedes the one he signed back in November, which authorized a smaller raise for federal employees.
December 28, 2016 -
Federal workers in the Washington-Baltimore area will be getting their biggest pay raise in years next month. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a city-by-city breakdown.
December 23, 2016 -
From pay raises, to continuing resolutions, to the election of Donald Trump as president, Federal News Radio counts down the top 10 stories federal workforce stories of 2016.
December 15, 2016 -
Why would federal workers boo a president for giving them a 9 percent pay raise, then cheer another one for a 2.1 percent increase? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says timing is everything.
December 12, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed a new letter to Congress alerting them of his plan to tell agencies to give every federal employee a 2.1 percent raise in 2017.
December 08, 2016 -
For J. David Cox, national president for the American Federation of Government Employees, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election came down to "bread and butter issues." And those are challenges that his union, which represents more than 309,000 federal employees, will rally for with the start of the new administration as well.
December 07, 2016