general schedule

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.

Budget

Federal Wage System for blue-collar feds puts some above, others below, local rates

Pay

TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

Unions

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

Here are the actual 2024 federal pay raises, based on employees’ locations

Pay

Proposal to reform pay for blue-collar feds gets committee approval, but concerns remain

Pay

New bill aims to raise pay of blue-collar federal employees

Federal Newscast

Pay agent renews calls for ‘major legislative reforms’ to federal pay

Pay

FILE - A box filled with dollar bills is shown in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Even though your tax refund can feel like a gift from the government, the best use of those funds is not always apparent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Exclusive

Locality tweaks are only the tip of the federal pay iceberg, managers coalition warns

SES

Thousands of feds one step closer to a bigger raise in 2024

Pay

OPM addresses gender pay gap, proposes ban on agencies’ use of salary history for new hires

Pay

How does locality pay actually work, and where did it come from?

Explaining the history of locality pay and how it affects federal employees on the General Schedule.

Pay

Pay agent calls for ‘major reforms’ to federal pay system, approves four new pay localities

The President’s Pay Agent issued an annual report, approving four new pay localities, while also noting the need for larger reforms to the federal compensation…

Pay

The federal pay gap is shrinking, but advocacy groups are calling for more

Pay

OPM plans to release guidance encouraging agencies not to ask for applicants’ salary history, but some say more can be done.