Key Aspects of the Proposal Duration: The pay freeze is expected to last for the entirety of the fiscal year 2026. Impact: Tens of thousands of federal employees across various sectors will be ...

For the first time in more than a decade, federal employees could face a pay freeze in 2026. It has been reported that draft budget documents indicate President Donald Trump may propose a pay ...

When first enacted more than a decade ago, the increase of FERS employee contributions to 4.4% of basic pay did not apply to federal workers hired before December 2013, and those hired during 2013 ...

However, in that same bill, all but one Democrat eventually voted to pay federal employees and reopen the government through Feb. 28.

Many wrote lengthy letters, and some attached charts on federal pay vs. private-sector pay. A good number of writers work in legal and technology fields. (Some of you received replies from me, but ...