Pay & Benefits

House approves pay parity resolution

House lawmakers overwhelmingly endorsed equal pay raises in 2005 for military and civilian federal workers Wednesday.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmaker calls pay parity vote a $2.2 billion showdown

The fiscal 2005 pay parity controversy might be coming to a head this week, according to a Republican lawmaker who has led opposition to the effort.

Pay & Benefits

House to take up pay parity resolution

Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., has struck a deal with House leaders to ensure a vote on a resolution backing military-civilian pay parity next year.

Pay & Benefits

Restricted Access

Extraordinary feds not quite suited for management will get a separate pay band at the Homeland Security Department.

Pay & Benefits

Pay Parity Problems

House lawmakers vote down an amendment calling for military-civilian pay parity in 2005.

Pay & Benefits

Managers who get comp time may not benefit from overtime change

New overtime pay cap rules for high-grade federal employees may actually penalize workers who receive compensation time for their extra hours.

Pay & Benefits

Scrap the System

Seven Democrats call on the Defense department to drop its proposal for overhauling the civilian personnel system and start over.

Defense

Defense gets green light to hire experts at higher salaries

Under a new policy announced last week, the Defense Department will begin to recruit up to 2,500 “highly qualified experts” and pay them wages greater than other civil servants would receive.