President Obama has always wanted the federal employees to earn more than they currently do and we are all aware of the pay raise proposal that he put forward with regard to the next budget. This previous proposal contained the plan that would increase the pays of the federal employees by 1.6 percent starting January 2017. It also mentions some of the retirement and employee benefit recommendations that the Congress has yet to pass as well.
Obama adamant on giving federal employees raise:
A document from the budget depicts that the raise will be another addition to the long yearly run of federal raises that have fallen below the private sector wage growth indicator known as the employment-cost index. In 2017, it will be the 8th year running. The consequences will be adverse; a comparative decrease in the pays of civilians when compared with the private sector amounting to around 9 percent since 2009.
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The document doesn’t indicate if the pay would be made across the board or whether some part of it would be separated as locality pay. If we consider the latter approach, it could lead in the raises ranging from slightly under to slightly over 1.6 percent and it will vary by city area.
While we all want the pay raises to be as much as they can possibly get, the whole process of getting them approved and putting them into practice is cumbersome; here’s hoping that something substantially beneficial happens.
