Biden seeks a $15 minimum wage for feds and contractors
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors.
Federal employees would receive a total 3.2 percent pay increase next year under new legislation.
The increase is smaller than the year prior but more than the threatened freeze that feds could have faced this year.
Federal employees and service members will be able to extend payments back to Social Security over 12 months, rather than the initial four-month timetable
Federal employees would be frozen at 2020 pay rates under proposed Senate funding bills.
Federal employees have important considerations to make when choosing health insurance for 2021.
Federal employees have slightly fewer health insurance options but more dental and vision choices for 2021.
The rule would enable agencies to front the cost of miscalculated retirement deposits, rather than the employees themselves.
The National Security Agency's program for offering retention incentives to critical personnel did not have needed oversight or goals, according to the agency's inspector general.
Federal employees make 23.1 percent less than those doing the same job in the private sector, according to the Federal Salary Council.