{"id":12462,"date":"2018-08-30T18:04:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T18:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/30\/read-trumps-letter-canceling-federal-employees-2019-pay-raise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:22:19","slug":"read-trumps-letter-canceling-federal-employees-2019-pay-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/08\/30\/read-trumps-letter-canceling-federal-employees-2019-pay-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Trump\u2019s letter canceling federal employees\u2019 2019 pay raise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The text below, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/text-letter-president-speaker-house-representatives-president-senate-32\/\" target=_blank><i>available at whitehouse.gov<\/i><\/a><i>, is the letter President Donald Trump sent to the House speaker and Senate president explaining why he wants to <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/08\/30\/trump-intends-to-freeze-federal-pay-for-2019\/\" target=_blank><i>freeze federal employees&#8217; pay<\/i><\/a><i> in 2019.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative plans for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of \u201cnational emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,\u201d I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/08\/30\/trump-intends-to-freeze-federal-pay-for-2019\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18239582351936.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump intends to freeze federal pay for 2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump intends to keep federal pay frozen at 2018 levels, unless Congress intervenes in appropriations legislation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 25.70 percent, costing $25 billion, would go into effect in January 2019, in addition to a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for the base General Schedule. We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases. Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate to exercise my authority to set alternative across-the-board and locality pay adjustments for 2019 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, I have determined that for 2019, both across\u2011the\u2011board pay increases and locality pay increases will be set at zero. These alternative pay plan decisions will not materially affect our ability to attract and retain a well\u2011qualified Federal workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted in my Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, the cost of employing the Federal workforce is significant. 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