Another Pay Freeze Proposed for 2020
The White House has proposed a pay freeze for federal employees for the second year in a row.
The White House has proposed a pay freeze for federal employees for the second year in a row.
Thanks to the spending bill that just became law, federal employees will have a pay raise in 2019, overriding the pay freeze that was previously in place.
An overall pay raise for the federal workforce is still a possibility. Here is a summary of what is going on now.
Legislation has been introduced to formalize the continuation of a pay freeze on the vice president and other senior officials during the shutdown.
Congress allowed a provision to expire that would give an automatic pay raise to the vice president and certain political officials, but OPM says to keep the pay freeze for now.
House Democrats have unveiled legislation to end the partial government shutdown that includes a pay raise for federal employees.
What were the most significant events for federal employees in 2018? Here is a summary.
Because Congress has not overridden the president’s proposed pay freeze, and an Executive Order has been issued freezing pay, no raise is expected in 2019.
When it comes to considering a pay raise for federal employees next year, the author says that he believes the best approach is to “first, do no harm.”
A growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are urging President Trump to reconsider the proposed 2019 pay freeze.