[Government Executive] After months of speculation, President Trump followed through on a March proposal and instituted a pay freeze for federal civilian employees.
In an executive order issued Friday, Trump confirmed that pay rates would remain stagnant next year for non-military federal workers. The news comes despite statements from the president in September that he would “study” whether to provide feds with a pay raise after all.
By contrast, members of the military services will receive a 2.6 percent raise in 2019. |