federal pay

  • The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is reviewing testimony from a hearing on improving pay flexibilities in the federal government. The committee heard from the Office of Personnel Management, civilian and military personnel officials, and representatives of federal employee unions. Bill Dougan, national president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, was one of the witnesses at the hearing. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about his testimony.

    November 02, 2015
  • White-collar feds in 13 new or expanded locality pay zones are going to get a slight pay adjustment in 2016. While that's good news for them, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may be bad news for feds in other areas.

    October 29, 2015
  • Another report says that federal employees are overpaid. The numbers the Cato Institute uses are accurate, but they are not true. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer for the Homeland Security Department, writes at Chief HRO and he joins In Depth with Francis Rose to explain.

    October 23, 2015
  • When or if you make it to retirement, a little advance planning could be worth its weight in gold.

    October 21, 2015
  • Federal retirement benefits are not going up in January but it gets worse. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the retirees will start 2016 in the hole.

    October 19, 2015
  • There likely won't be a cost of living adjustment for federal retirees and people who get Social Security. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why.

    October 15, 2015
  • The more you try to compare federal and private salaries and benefits, the more complicated the topic becomes.

    October 12, 2015
  • Federal workers are 1 percentage point happier this year than they were in 2014. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this is a giant leap for mankind, sort of.

    October 09, 2015
  • Thanks to a new executive order, 300,000 employees of federal contractors have a new benefit coming and their employers have a new mandate to comply with. On Labor Day, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring their employers to offer paid sick leave. Eric Crusius, who represents government contractors at the law firm Miles & Stockbridge, offered his take on In Depth with Francis Rose as part of Industry Chatter.

    September 10, 2015
  • Why will geographically challenged federal workers get a smaller pay raise in 2016? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's because they live and work in the wrong place.

    September 01, 2015
  • Almost all of the good news in mid-2015 is that most of the pending bad news hasn't panned out, at least not yet, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    July 29, 2015
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, do journalists just like to kick “bureaucrats?" Or, are they just too lazy to check job comparisons given to them by think tanks with a philosophical axe to grind?

    July 28, 2015
  • The fact that there are so many millionaires in Congress worries many people. But Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the solution may be to pay them less, not more money.

    July 10, 2015
  • An hourly pay rate of just over $76 is a lot more than most American workers get. But is it enough of a salary to compensate the top-tier of the general schedule? asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    June 05, 2015