Workforce
TSA employees are finally earning similar wages to most other federal workers
Officials on Thursday celebrated the arrival of an up-to-30% pay raise for Transportation Security Administration employees this week, but warned that House spending plans could derail recent progress.
Pay & Benefits
Bipartisan wildland firefighter ‘pay cliff’ fix introduced in Senate
Without congressional action by September, the federal government’s wildland firefighters will see their paychecks shrink as temporary pay increases expire.
Workforce
House supports a 5.2% pay raise in its draft Defense policy bill, but slashes diversity initiatives
Committee leaders hope to end the National Defense Authorization Act's reputation as a Christmas tree for non-national security amendments.
Pay & Benefits
Extra pay raises are coming to nearly 33,000 feds next year, thanks to new locality pay rules
The Office of Personnel Management has proposed regulations to create four new locality pay areas, along with a comprehensive map update adding dozens of jurisdictions to existing pay regions.
Pay & Benefits
Odds for a 5.2% pay raise for feds in 2024 improve with release of the Senate defense policy bill
The Senate version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act includes an average 5.2% pay raise for both military service members and civilian Pentagon employees.
Pay & Benefits
Draft spending bill cuts telework and bans transgender care for feds, but preserves 5.2% pay raise plan
A House subcommittee's fiscal 2024 spending bill does nothing to override the president’s planned average pay increase for federal workers next year, but it is riddled with policy riders.
Pay & Benefits
The 'Pay Cliff' That Could Cripple the Federal Government's Firefighting Workforce
A federal employee union said Wednesday that without a permanent boost to federal wildland firefighters’ pay and benefits, agencies will see a “mass exodus.”
Pay & Benefits
Some Feds Fear They Might Not Get That Pay Raise Now That the Debt Deal is Inked
“The new debt ceiling deal could somehow encourage some in Congress to try for a limitation of 1% or something very low. This would be a huge problem,” says one fed union leader.
Workforce
People Don’t Ask for More Pay when the Company Is ‘Good’
Do job seekers really forego pay to work at companies with social impact, or does that mission prompt self-censoring in negotiation?
Pay & Benefits
Congressional Dems Reintroduce Bill to Revamp Federal Firefighter Pay and Benefits
The Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act would ensure federal wildland firefighters make at least $20 per hour, among other things.
Pay & Benefits
Debt Ceiling Concerns, the New Postal Health Plan Rule, and More Reaction to the COVID Hazard Pay Setback
News updates and stories you may have missed.
Pay & Benefits
This Is What the Proposed 5.2% Fed Pay Raise Might Look Like With Inflation
Even with a largest in decades pay raise, inflation could keep fed salaries trailing behind the private sector.
Pay & Benefits
It’s No Secret: Fed Pay Still Lags—But Union Leaders Have A Fix
Fed workers shouldn’t be “forced to see your standard of living fall over time,” says the director of public policy for the American Federation of Government Employees.
Pay & Benefits
More Federal Firefighter Pay and Benefits Reforms Are Highlighted in the 2024 Budget
President Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget proposal would make temporary pay raises authorized by the bipartisan infrastructure law permanent.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Caps: Fed Exec Lobby Group Says Reform Is Past Due
“We are stuck with a personnel system mostly put together too many decades ago,” says a policy chief for the Senior Executives Association.
Pay & Benefits
National Security Pay Increases in New Survey
Lindy Kyzer joins the podcast to discuss compensation and security clearances.
Management
Biden's Budget Chief Defends Proposed Spending Increases and 5.2% Pay Raise
The president is willing to negotiate over final spending levels, OMB director tells lawmakers, but will not accept cuts to government programs.
Workforce
The Pay Raise and Other Workforce Provisions in Biden's Budget
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the White House plan.
Pay & Benefits
Biden Officially Proposes an Average 5.2% Pay Increase for Federal Workers and the Military in 2024
The largest proposed pay raise for federal employees since the Carter administration still falls short of the demands of some Democrats and unions.
Pay & Benefits