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Tony Reardon
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Trump signs 2019 spending bill, federal pay raise into law
President Donald Trump signed the 2019 spending bill into law, securing a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees that will be retroactive to Jan. 1.
February 14, 2019 -
Watchdog finds IRS ‘underfunded, understaffed and at the mercy of shutdowns’
The IRS is still reeling from the effects of the 35-day shutdown that ended last month, according to the agency’s taxpayer watchdog office.
February 13, 2019 -
2020 already? Lawmakers propose 3.6 percent federal pay raise
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, which give federal employees a 3.6 percent pay raise in 2020.
February 07, 2019 -
Excepted IRS employees request ‘hardship exemption’ from work amid financial pressure
The IRS recalled more than half of its total workforce to work without pay and help issue tax refunds during the partial government shutdown, but some financially hard-pressed employees remain at home, due to a clause in their union’s contract.
January 25, 2019 -
Shutdown has cost small businesses $2.3 billion
In today’s Federal Newscast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates there were about $2.3 billion in government contracts that would have been issued to small firms over the past month, but weren’t because of the government shutdown.
January 25, 2019 -
Federal judge denies restraining order on shutdown’s impacts on excepted employees
A federal district judge refused to compel the executive branch to find an immediate end to the government shutdown’s impacts on excepted federal employees working without pay. The judge’s decision maintains the status quo. Other lawsuits challenging the shutdown’s legitimacy are still pending.
January 15, 2019 -
NTEU files second lawsuit on behalf of feds working without pay during shutdown
The National Treasury Employees Union said excepted federal employees who have been working without pay during the partial government shutdown should be paid full wages, including overtime, and other damages.
January 08, 2019 -
With shutdown to stretch past a week, uniformed Coast Guard will miss next paycheck
The U.S. Coast Guard said its military members won’t receive their regularly scheduled paychecks at the end of the month unless Congress passes appropriations or a continuing resolution by Dec. 28.
December 27, 2018 -
January shutdown may force IRS to exempt more employees, delay filing season
With a partial government shutdown already putting a damper on holiday plans for federal employees, a significant portion of the IRS’s furloughed workforce may have to come into work without pay if the shutdown extends into January.
December 24, 2018 -
White House: We want to make shutdown as ‘painless as possible’
Several impacted agencies have funding left over to continue to work, but if the shutdown lasts into January more furloughs possible.
December 22, 2018
