{"id":1788106,"date":"2022-12-27T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788106"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:34:07","slug":"federal-employees-get-pay-boost-after-biden-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-employees-get-pay-boost-after-biden-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Employees Get Pay Boost After Biden Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-employees-get-pay-boost-after-biden-executive-order%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> Federal employees are eligible for a raise <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inflationary<\/a> You should not be under any pressure <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labor<\/a>\u00a0Bureaucracy suffers from shortages.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/12\/23\/executive-order-on-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> It will go into effect January 1, and federal employees will get an overall raise of 4.1% as well an average locality-based increase of 0.5%. This means that roughly 2.1 million federal employees will see average raises of 4.6%. Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-plans-to-give-federal-government-workers-a-raise-in-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> The raise was made four months ago in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/08\/31\/letter-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-of-representatives-and-the-president-of-the-senate-on-the-alternative-plan-for-pay-adjustments-for-civilian-federal-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> sent to Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House speaker, and Kamala Harris Vice President. The latter cited problems with recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple years of lower pay raises for Federal civilian employees than called for under regular law have resulted in a substantial pay gap for Federal employees compared to the private sector,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThis alternative pay plan decision will allow the Federal Government to better compete in the labor market to attract and retain a well\u2011qualified Federal workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The increase is below the 7.1% annual inflation rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/november-inflation-surges-less-than-expected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recorded<\/a> last month. The real average hourly earnings which take into consideration the inflation impact, fell 1.9% as of last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/realer.nr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. A 1.1% decrease in the average workweek would indicate a 3% overall decline in real wages.<\/p>\n<p>According to a, approximately $215 billion was spent by the federal government in 2016 to compensate federal civilian employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/52637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> From the Congressional Budget Office. Periodic wage increases are usually granted to federal employees based on factors like performance, longevity and changes in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Presidents who wish to raise federal salaries are permitted under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/5\/5303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal law<\/a> Submit a plan to Congress by September 1, the previous year. When considering any wage rises, the commander in chief must take into account \u201cpertinent economic measures\u201d Such as inflation and economic output.<\/p>\n<p>As of June, private sector employers had regained all the jobs they lost in the lockdown-induced recession, while government employers only regained slightly over half of those jobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/07\/11\/government-jobs-pandemic-recovery-federal-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> Axios. Despite windfall tax revenue that was generated last year after robust economic growth, the shortages in government workers continue.<\/p>\n<p>Both public and private employers expressed concern about a labor shortage, which has exacerbated inflation by raising pay to attract workers. This is because labor force participation has declined over the past two year, which has led to an increase in inflation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americans-continue-to-opt-out-of-the-workforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decades-long trend<\/a> Low engagement in the job marketplace. According to a report by the National Employment Law Center, this metric fell from 63.4% to 60.2% between February 2020 and April 2020 due to government lockdowns. <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/CIVPART\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. The November 2022 labor force participation rose to 62.1%<\/p>\n<p>Jerome Powell is the Federal Reserve Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-reserve-chair-jerome-powell-discusses-future-slowdown-of-rate-hikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> That the workforce \u201cparticipation gap\u201d It is the result of \u201cexcess retirements\u201d This was not the end. \u201cwhat would have been expected from population aging alone,\u201d Even though young people are largely back in work, \u201cIn the labor market, demand for workers far exceeds the supply of available workers,\u201d he commented while discussing the central bank\u2019s recent efforts to roll back monetary stimulus. \u201cThus, another condition we are looking for is the restoration of balance between supply and demand in the labor market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden granted federal employees a raise as inflationary pressures and labor\u00a0shortages pinch the bureaucracy. According to an executive order that will take effect on January 1, federal employees will receive an overall pay raise of 4.1%, as well as an average locality-based pay raise of 0.5%, indicating that some 2.1 million federal employees &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1744315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3620,7838,6202,5183,3741,3974,5280,6195],"class_list":["post-1788106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-biden","tag-boost","tag-daily","tag-employees","tag-executive","tag-federal","tag-pay","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1744315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}