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The pay scale was originally created with the purpose of keeping federal salaries in line with equivalent private sector jobs. Although never the intent, the GS pay scale does a good job of ensuring equal pay for equal work by reducing pay gaps between men, women, and minorities, in accordance with another, separate law, the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
Tens of thousands of United States federal civil service workers have been laid off or fired since the start of the second presidency of Donald Trump.The Trump administration has called this an effort to reduce federal expenditures, shrink the federal payroll, reduce the ability of the government to regulate industry, reduce the role of government in U.S. society, and increase the power of the ...
A lawsuit filed by federal employee unions alleged that the deferred resignation offer violates the Administrative Procedure Act. [31] [32] On February 6, 2025, Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts placed the deadline on hold pending a February 10 hearing.
The General Schedule (GS) includes white collar workers at levels 1 to 15, most professional, technical, administrative, and clerical positions in the federal civil service. The Federal Wage System or Wage Grade (WG) schedule includes most federal blue-collar workers. In September 2004, 71% of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS.
The Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 or FEPCA (H.R. 5241, Pub. L. 101–509) is a United States federal law relating to the salaries for employees of the United States Government. In the 1980s, salaries for civil servants in the executive branch had fallen behind private sector pay. FEPCA was enacted to provide guidelines to ...
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January 26 – The U.S. Justice Department finds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment. [3] February 13 – 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election: In the U.S., Democrat Tom Suozzi wins the special election in his former seat which was vacated following the expulsion of Republican George Santos. [4]
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.. From October 1, 2023, to March 23, 2024, the federal government operated under continuing resolutions (CR) that extended 2023 budget spending levels as legislators were debating the specific provisions of the 2024 budget.