Pay & Benefits
New Data Suggests the Federal Pay Gap With the Private Sector Is Widening
Union officials called on the Biden administration to provide a more generous raise than the 4.6% average increase slated for next year, while a group representing executives urged officials to explore broader pay reform efforts.
Pay & Benefits
The VA Gives Raises to 10,000 Nurses, Takes More Steps to Boost Recruiting and Retention
The department is looking to quickly implement a new suite of incentives aimed at making VA a more attractive place to work.
Pay & Benefits
The Government’s Pay System Needs to Be Fixed. The Federal Salary Council Can (and Should) Lead the Charge.
The former chair of the Federal Salary Council, on behalf of his fellow appointees from the previous administration, discusses why the council should take up unfinished business left over from that administration.
Pay & Benefits
A Union Is Calling on the Administration to Do More to Retain Federal Firefighters
The Biden Administration secured significant pay raises for wildland firefighters as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, but those increases are, for now, temporary and an exodus to stabler positions has continued.
Pay & Benefits
It's Official: Biden Formalizes Average 4.6% Pay Raise Plan for Feds in 2023
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic pay increases from taking effect confirms that 0.5% of the total pay raise will go to an average increase in locality pay.
Pay & Benefits
A Closer Look at the Locality Pay Increase That Could Be Coming for Thousands of Feds
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
A Recently Reconstituted Advisory Panel Is Finally Making Locality Pay Recommendations
According to the Federal Salary Council, federal employees made 22.47% less on average than their private sector counterparts last year.
Pay & Benefits
Another Firefighter Compensation Bill Passes, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
A Senate Appropriations Bill Endorses Biden’s 4.6% Pay Raise Plan
Like its counterpart in the House, the spending bill that serves as the vehicle for federal employee compensation issues is silent on the subject of a 2023 pay increase, effectively endorsing the president’s plan.
Pay & Benefits
The House Has Cleared the Way for Biden’s 4.6% Pay Raise Plan
Lawmakers effectively endorsed the president’s pay raise proposal for federal workers Wednesday, although the Senate has yet to weigh in on the issue.
Workforce
A Schedule F Ban Is Among Many Workforce Provisions in the Annual Defense Policy Bill the House Just Passed
Lawmakers also added language to grant full civil service protections and a pay raise to TSA employees to the must-pass bill before its approval Thursday.
Workforce
The House’s Defense Policy Bill Could Codify Contractor Minimum Wage
The House is set to vote this week on its version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass bill that often serves as the vehicle for provisions impacting the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s What Needs to Happen for the 2023 Federal Employee Pay Raise
Although the Biden administration and lawmakers appear set on providing feds an average 4.6% pay increase next year, things could change before the end of the year.
Pay & Benefits
COVID Leave for Kids’ Vaccinations, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
The Biden Team Announces Pay Raises of Up to $20,000 Annually for Federal Firefighters
The pay increases, authorized as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, will be retroactive to October 2021.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: How to Negotiate Your Salary… And Everything Else
Author Jotham S. Stein joins the podcast to discuss how to gain leverage in work negotiations.
Pay & Benefits
White House Internships Will Soon Be Paid
The move comes as part of an administration-wide push to improve the recruitment of young federal workers.
Workforce
Pay Transparency Laws Raise Women’s Salaries (And Slightly Lower Men’s)
Multistate companies are finding ways to circumvent the laws.
Pay & Benefits
Firefighters Union Calls for Higher Pay Amid Staffing Shortage
A Senate committee also advanced legislation this week that would make it easier for federal firefighters to qualify for workers compensation benefits in connection with chronic conditions associated with firefighting.
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