Federal Salary Council

NTEU prioritizes bills to expand federal pay, benefits, but anticipates challenges ahead in Congress

An 8.7% federal pay raise, telework expansion and paid family and medical leave are among the top legislative priorities for the National Treasury Employees…

Congress

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

How does locality pay actually work, and where did it come from?

Pay

Pay agent calls for ‘major reforms’ to federal pay system, approves four new pay localities

Pay

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Calls to ban use of salary history reveal deeper issues in federal pay system

Workforce

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Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

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New data shows feds’ pay is lagging even more behind private sector counterparts

Federal Newscast

Close up of female hands counting US dollar banknotes at the table in front a laptop computer. Woman accountant with money and notebook.

Breaking down a few key recommendations from the Federal Salary Council

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New locality-pay adjustments will impact thousands of federal workers

Federal Newscast

Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

Pay

Hard to tell how much impact EO will have on federal pay equity

Federal Report

40 lawmakers call for 5% increase in Defense budget

In today’s Federal Newscast: Lawmakers call for more money in the defense budget. An effort is underway to reform and modernize the State Department.

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Federal Newscast

Another year, another call for ‘major legislative reforms’ to the federal pay system

The most serious discussions about possible changes to the federal pay and locality system are on hold, at least until the president nominates new members…

Pay

Locality pay remains stable and GS system is still broken, says pay agent

Pay

In the President’s Pay Agent’s annual report to Congress released Dec. 17, the three presidentially appointed leaders emphasized the same concerns about the shortcomings of the GS system that many before them have and called on lawmakers to make significant changes.