Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Federal worker furlough pay calculator

Article Title: Furlough pay calculator released for federal workers

Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers now have a convenient way to calculate their loss in pay if planned furloughs of about 800,000 Defense Department civilians take effect...."

Source: www.stripes.com

Monday, February 18, 2013

Federal workers could start facing furloughs

Article Title: Sequester no joke for federal workers; furloughs could start in April

Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers could start facing furloughs as early as April, according to federal agencies..."

Source: www.businessrecord.com Furloughs

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Possibility of furloughs closer to becoming reality

Article Title: White House warns of ‘hundreds of thousands’ furloughs

Snippet of Article: "...Federal agencies will begin implementing cuts amounting to 13 percent for defense programs and 9 percent for non-defense programs on March 1, unless Congress acts to prevent them...."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com Federal Employee Furloughs

Monday, February 11, 2013

2014 Federal Employee Pay Raise

Article Title: Obama to propose 1 percent pay hike for federal employees

Snippet of Article: "...President Obama will propose a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees in the administration’s fiscal 2014 budget proposal..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com 2014 Federal Employee Pay Raise

Thursday, February 7, 2013

USPS looking at possibility of more buyout incentives

Article Title: USPS employees to see less overtime, more buyouts under 5-day delivery plan

Snippet of Article: "..."We think by eliminating overtime and by looking at some of the flexibilities we have with the part-time workforce, and potentially working with the unions on some buyouts, we'll easily hit that." ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com buyouts