Pay Freeze Proposal is a Cry for Help
The author says that determining proper pay for federal employees is more complex than simply proposing a pay freeze.
The author says that determining proper pay for federal employees is more complex than simply proposing a pay freeze.
A pay freeze can have a long term financial impact up to and through retirement for a federal employee.
Reports indicate federal employees may face a pay freeze in 2019. The author says that while there are problems with federal pay, a freeze will not solve them.
A new report based on a leaked whistleblower document says that the Trump administration intends to seek a pay freeze for all civilian federal employees in 2019.
Proposed reductions to federal employee pay and benefits are not over. A new document has surfaced with new proposals to reduce federal pay and benefits.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued a notice about a continuing pay freeze for senior federal officials.
The president has issued an executive order that will give federal employees an across-the-board pay raise of 1% “on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2014.”
Congress has approved a measure to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and avoid a shutdown. The bill also includes an extension of the pay freeze on the federal workforce through 2013.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would extend the pay freeze on the federal workforce through 2013.
Despite the pay freeze, the average federal employee salary is still going up but not as much as it has increased in past years.