The actual pay raises feds will see for 2025, based on ...
3 days ago · The variations in the federal pay raise are due to locality pay, which dates back to 1990 as part of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA).The law attempted to correct what Congress at the time observed to be a growing wage gap …
Biden signs off on a 2% federal pay raise for most civilian ...
3 days ago · Most civilian federal employees are set to receive a 2% federal pay raise beginning in January, after President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday, finalizing the 2025 raise for the General Schedule. Biden’s executive order aligns with his planned federal pay raise in August, which ...
No shutdown, but no 2025 appropriations either
3 days ago · The government won’t shut down. But it doesn’t get 2025 appropriations either. That will have to wait until March under the continuing resolution hammered out at the 11 hour Friday night. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got an update now from Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren ...
What happens to federal pay and benefits during a government ...
6 days ago · With just hours for Congress to reach a spending agreement before it hits its deadline, agencies are bracing for a possible government shutdown at midnight Friday. During a government shutdown, agencies that don’t yet have their funding determined by Congress are legally required to shutter all ...
Senate passes Social Security bill to repeal WEP and GPO
5 days ago · The Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act to deliver higher Social Security benefits to millions of public sector retirees. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for a signature after the Senate cleared the legislation just after midnight on Saturday by …
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a ...
6 days ago · The basic rules for who works and who doesn’t date back to the early 1980s and haven’t been significantly modified since. Under a precedent-setting memorandum penned by then-President Ronald Reagan budget chief David Stockman, federal workers are exempted from furloughs if their jobs are national security-related or if they perform essential activities that …
Federal employees brace for possible shutdown, as lawmakers ...
6 days ago · The federal workforce is bracing for the possibility of a government shutdown, as House lawmakers scramble to avoid a funding lapse over the holidays. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Friday that agencies have notified their employees whether or not they will keep ...