Why It Is Time to Reform Compensation for Federal Employees

Economic studies consistently find that federal employees enjoy both higher pay and substantially higher benefits than comparable private-sector workers.

Proposed federal pay adjustment could boost wages for thousands ...

In practice, OPM's proposal would align the map of FWS wage areas more closely with the General Schedule's locality pay map. “This would lead to ...

Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector ...

For employees at most levels of educational attainment, the cost of federal benefits—including retirement benefits and paid leave—exceeded the ...

House conservatives recycle federal worker pay and benefit cuts in ...

The document argues that federal employees are overpaid compared to private sector workers to the tune of 17% when accounting for non-salary ...

Reforming Federal Worker Pay and Benefits

Federal pay should be reasonable, and we need competent people in federal jobs, assuming that the jobs are useful ones. But the government ...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Proposed Rule that would ...

For too long, workers hired under the Federal Wage System were paid less money than their counterparts hired under a different pay system to ...

4 FEDERAL PAY REFORM | Improving the Recruitment, Retention ...

FEPCA, passed in November 1990, established new procedures for setting civil service pay levels to make them nearly comparable to private-sector salaries for ...

Federal Personnel Reform: Eliminate “Rest of U.S.” Locality Pay

GeneralSchedule.org reports that the RUS applies to 44,329 federal employees and that the average salary for employees in RUS areas is $56,877.1 The 15.95 ...

Federal Compensation Reform - National Treasury Employees Union

Unfortunately, the Administration continues to show a lack of concern for what failure to properly compensate the Nation's public employees means for the future ...

Federal pay raise would cool under Biden's 2025 budget request

The federal budget proposal unveiled by the White House in March included an average pay increase of 4.6% for civilian federal workers, matching ...

Advancing Pay Equity in Governmentwide Pay Systems

OPM has determined that salary history should no longer be considered in setting pay for new Federal employees entering into the GS, prevailing ...

Pay compression: One expert says a current bill would help, but ...

And discord among people who work together may diminish morale and their collective effort. On the other hand, the reform bill could be a net ...

Newhouse Introduces Bill To Reform Telework Locality Pay for ...

... federal employee that doesn't receive such a bonus. Taxpayers pay for federal buildings and salaries; it is time to stop wasting their money ...

6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall

Instead, according to the legislation, federal employees who telework would receive only their basic pay rates. If enacted, the bill could lead ...

Connolly, Schatz Reintroduce FAIR Act to Give Feds a 7.4% Raise ...

The FAIR Act's wage adjustment restores years of lost wage increases for federal employees by ensuring that federal employees, who serve in ...

Federal Employee Compensation Package - OPM

... time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific compensation and benefits offered. Compensation. Salary ...

Federal White-Collar Employee Salary Reform | U.S. GAO

GAO discussed federal white-collar pay reform. GAO noted that: (1) federal salary comparability with the private sector has eroded because annual...

Recommendations from Renewing America's Civil Service

With a goal of moving to a new, government-wide pay banding system that offers agencies more flexibility in setting pay, Congress and OPM can set a path for ...

Marking 40 Years with the Civil Service Reform Act | U.S. GAO

Another change that would support the federal workforce would be to reexamine the way that federal employees are hired and paid. Last year, we ...

Remarks Upon Signing the Postal Service and Federal Employees ...

At the same time, it should not have an unsettling effect on private enterprise salary rates. By helping to reduce turnover, by attracting more capable people ...

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