Pay & Benefits

Some Dems Continue to Push for Bigger Pay Raise for Feds, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

White House Pledges ‘Multi-Year Strategy’ for Boosting Federal Workforce

Hiring and pay raises are priorities, and key lawmakers say the 2022 increase is on track.

Pay & Benefits

Employee Groups Continue to Push for Bigger Pay Raise Following Biden Budget Release

Several organizations representing federal employees announce that they support a 3.2% pay increase next year, rather than the 2.7% boost proposed in the president’s fiscal 2022 budget.

Pay & Benefits

Biden Proposes 2.7% Raise for Feds in 2022, Restoring Pay Parity

Although it is unclear how plan breaks out between locality pay and across-the-board increases, the topline number matches the president's proposed pay raise for members of the military.

Management

Biden Signs Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage

White House says these employees are “critical” to the federal government’s operations. 

Pay & Benefits

Feds Are Denied Step Increases In Just 1 of Every 1,000 Cases

Within-grade pay raises are "nearly automatic" rather than a true appraisal tool, board finds.

Pay & Benefits

GovExec Daily: Paying Feds More to Fix the Civil Service

Dr. James L. Perry joins the podcast to discuss how compensation reform should be a top priority for the Biden administration.

Pay & Benefits

Biden Records Message for Career Feds as He Calls for Boosting Their Minimum Wage

"You're the ones running the show," Biden tells civil servants.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers Propose 3.2% Raise for Feds in 2022

Democrats in both chambers of Congress have reintroduced legislation to boost basic pay by 2.2% across the board next year, along with an average 1% increase in locality pay.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Signs Order Formalizing 1% Pay Raise for Federal Civilians In 2021

The raise does not include a change in locality pay.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Pay and Benefits Provisions in the Budget Deal

Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss how the federal workforce made out in the appropriations plan.

Pay & Benefits

No New Locality Pay Areas in 2022

The president’s pay agent declined to authorize a number of recommended changes to existing locality pay areas, overruling a federal advisory board.

Pay & Benefits

Spending Agreement Would Allow 1% Pay Raise, Fails to Ban Schedule F

Provision in the fiscal 2021 omnibus appropriations bill would give feds until the end of next year to repay payroll taxes deferred by the Trump administration from September through December.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: A Pay Freeze and Schedule F Update

Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the latest in federal workforce news.

Pay & Benefits

White House Now Supports 2021 Pay Freeze, but Only for Civilians

The announcement marks a reversal for the Trump administration, which previously proposed a 1% across-the-board pay increase for all federal employees.

Pay & Benefits

Employee Groups Pan Senate Pay Freeze Plan, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

Pay & Benefits

Senate Republicans Propose 2021 Pay Freeze for Feds One Month Before Deadline to Avoid Shutdown

President Trump has proposed a 1% across-the-board raise for federal employees.

Pay & Benefits

Employee Groups Decry Hikes in What Typical Feds Will Pay in Heath Care Premiums, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.