Annual adjustments to retirement benefits, FEHB costs, Social Security rules and TSP limits are now taking effect.

President Trump has enacted a 1% pay raise for most federal civilian employees, effective in 2026. This decision follows an alternative pay plan proposed in August, which also suggested a 1% increase.

Federal employees 2026 pay hike: President Donald Trump enacted an executive order on December 18 that confirms a 1% salary increase for the majority of federal civilian employees in 2026, ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

October 7, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees and contractors in the U.S.

Millions of federal workers have started to partially lose pay, and are on track to miss full paychecks later this month, if the government shutdown continues. A 2019 law guarantees automatic back pay ...

It's payday for federal workers, with more checks rolling out next week. As the government shutdown drags on, employees' bank deposits will be lighter than usual. With back pay for furloughed workers ...

A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. By Catie Edmondson ...