Pay & Benefits

Trump's Top Budget Official Defends 2020 Pay Freeze to Congress

OMB chief pledges to work with agencies to develop performance and mission-based pay plans.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Officials Confident Congress Will Act on Shutdown Relief Bill

Lawmakers are considering as many as five bills that would make it easier for federal employees to access their Thrift Savings Plan accounts during a government shutdown.

Pay & Benefits

Law Enforcement Group Sues OPM Over Retirement Rule Change

The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association has fought to reverse a reduction in the pension supplement calculation for divorced retirees.

Pay & Benefits

Relocations, Buyouts Tucked Into Trump's Budget

While it reversed its push for governmentwide staffing cuts, some agencies are still pushing "workforce reshaping."

Pay & Benefits

The Retroactive Pay Raise Is in 'Final Clearance' Stage, says White House Official

"It is exceedingly legalistic as to how we get this squared away," said Margaret Weichert, acting OPM director.

Pay & Benefits

White House Pushes Performance-Based Pay Without Any Money to Implement It

The Trump administration dropped its proposal for a $1 billion interagency workforce fund, instead suggesting agencies offset a requested 2020 pay freeze with existing appropriations.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Proposes Cutting Postal Employees’ Pay, Benefits in $100B Savings Package

The compensation reforms would be coupled with operational changes proposed by the president’s task force.

Pay & Benefits

Federal Employees Would Get Less Leave Under Trump’s 2020 Budget

Combining sick leave and vacation time would provide "maximum flexibility," the White House says.

Pay & Benefits

Trump's Budget Proposes Staffing Increases at All But 2 Cabinet-Level Agencies

Agency-by-agency job gains (or losses) under the White House’s 2020 request.

Pay & Benefits

New Pay Systems, More Temporary Employees Headline Civil Service Reforms in Trump’s Budget

Under a never-before-used provision of the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act, the White House promises action on special pay systems this year.

Pay & Benefits

Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Pensions for Some New Feds

A proposal that would offer a more generous government contribution to the TSP marks “the first step” toward ending federal pensions, a union official says.

Pay & Benefits

Nurses Picket VA Headquarters to Protest Private Care and Vacancies

Many VA employees believe the Trump administration supports privatization, despite official claims otherwise.

Pay & Benefits

Weighing the Social Security Benefit Decision

When to start collecting benefits depends on your individual circumstances.

Management

Trump's Postal Reform Proposals Met With Criticism From Lawmakers, USPS Management

Administration, in turn, blasts several key bipartisan provisions of potential postal overhaul legislation.

Pay & Benefits

'A Blueprint for How to Ruin the Civil Service'

Unions and management groups alike decry President Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal to severely cut federal employee retirement programs and freeze pay.