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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision last spring to shutter a slew of advisory committees has imperiled already enacted pay raises for federal employees in blue collar jobs.
President Bush exercised an escape clause in federal pay law yesterday that allows him to stick to his proposed 2 percent pay raise for civilian employees next year rather than agree to a formula ...
Our nation’s paltry federal minimum wage of just $7.25 hourly is rightly criticized as far too little to sustain a worker, ...
Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
The bill, introduced by Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri last week, seeks to double the current federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. In response to a reporter's question on the plan, Trump ...
The new proposal would raise the retirement contribution rate “up to the new rate of 4.4% of their salary,” according to Rep. Comer. Presently, more than half of federal employees are paying ...
Avoid these 6 common mistakes when asking for a raise, and learn precisely what to say to boost your prospects.
Proposed employee raises are included in the county’s preliminary 2025-26 budget, and commissioners will vote to adopt the new spending plan in the near future.