Federal Pay Freeze History

This is historical material "frozen in time". The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work. That is why the President has decided to propose a freeze in civilian pay for federal employees for two years, 2011 and 2012. This two-year pay freeze…

The freeze applies to all federal workers, including civilian Defense Department employees, but does not apply to military personnel, government contractors, postal workers, members of Congress, Congressional staffers, or federal court judges and workers. The 2011 pay freeze would take effect…

History. Education. Latest Stories. Federal Workers Face Pay Freeze. Tuesday, November 30, 2010.

"This proposal to freeze federal pay is a superficial, panicked reaction to the deficit commission report," stated AFGE National President John Gage, a union that represents over 600,000 federal government employees. "This pay freeze amounts to nothing more than political public relations. This is no time…

Yesterday the president announced a two year pay freeze for federal employees. Assuming that a hiring freeze isn't announced next, this makes the ALJ position less attractive. If you are not already a federal employee, does the pay freeze substantially change whether you would accept an offer?

President Obama proposed to freeze Federal Government pay for two years, and it actually happened. What a miracle to see fiscal responsibility. When President Obama proposed to freeze Federal Government pay for two years I thought he was taunting us with an April Fool's joke in November.

A pay freeze can have a long term financial impact up to and through retirement for a federal employee. Very few issues generate the concern of an across-the-board pay freeze. That is understandable as the impact of a freeze is easy to understand and the financial impact is visible and…

"In light of our Nation's fiscal situation, Federal employee pay must be performance-based, and aligned strategically toward recruiting, retaining, and Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are attacking Trump for "cutting pay," because only in Washington D.C. is not giving the government a…

In this video we address federal employee pay freezes. The White House is suggesting to congressional leaders for a federal employee pay freeze for 2019.

Trump's executive order to freeze federal employee salary rates comes after previously saying there should not be a pay increase. The pay increases would have happened by default if he had not issued the executive order, according to Washington Post.