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For the 9.5 percent of Americans who are unemployed, this Labor Day will not be a vacation, I t will just be another day looking for work in a time of stubbornly high unemployment.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Dec. 23 to make the average 4.6% federal pay raise official for civilian employees. But the exact raise you get…

Abstract The U.S. labor market has barely improved since the recession officially ended two years ago. Nearly one in 10 workers remain unemployed, and job creation has stagnated. Archaic labor laws restrict employee involvement in the workplace while forcing many workers to support unions they oppose. Government-employee unions use their enormous political influence to maintain special privileges.

The President’s Pay Agent issued an annual report, approving four new pay localities, while also noting the need for larger reforms to the federal compensation…

The annual report from the leaders of OMB, OPM and the Labor Department also authorized a number of tweaks to the criteria that govern which regions are...

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

The former chair of the Federal Salary Council, on behalf of his fellow appointees from the previous administration, discusses why the council should ta...

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

According to the Federal Salary Council, federal employees made 22.47% less on average than their private sector counterparts last year.