Employment Report: 151K Jobs Added In February, Fewer Than Expected
The latest employment report showed that 151,000 jobs were added in February, falling short of the expected 159,000.
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Hochul recruitment drive for fired feds set to add hundreds of millions of dollars to already bloated payroll bill
Total payroll for last year was unavailable, but it was on pace to well exceed the $19.3 billion for 2023 and $18.2 billion for 2022 during Hochul’s first full year as governor. Among the jobs ...
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Trump administration eyes 30 percent payroll reduction at National Park Service
The former employee said the cuts being planned at the National Park Service are a 30 percent total payroll cut, meaning they would include the probationary employees who were fired last month and ...
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Audit finds payroll overpayments worth €14.6m at HSE at end of 2023
In a statement, the HSE said that the overpayments identified and outstanding as at the end of 2023 represented less than 0.2% of the annual payroll cost. At the start of 2023, the total payroll o ...
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Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP
The total amount we spend on payroll for federal workers is about $336 billion a year, Kettl said. That’s 1% of gross domestic product, and almost 5% of total federal spending. The government ...