{"id":14348,"date":"2019-12-11T19:49:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/11\/new-bill-would-close-the-gap-between-salaried-and-hourly-feds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:50","slug":"new-bill-would-close-the-gap-between-salaried-and-hourly-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/12\/11\/new-bill-would-close-the-gap-between-salaried-and-hourly-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"New bill would \u2018close the gap\u2019 between salaried and hourly feds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal employees that work for an hourly wage can receive a different level of locality pay adjustment than their salaried counterparts due to the laws that determine the boundaries for such pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But legislation introduced in the House and Senate Dec. 11 by Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., would ensure that locality pay boundaries \u2014 which determine whether a federal employee is located in a sufficiently expensive area of the country to need a pay bump \u2014 are the same for both salaried and hourly workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason we should be using two different sets of pay boundaries, especially when it results in such an unfair wage gap,\u201d said Cartwright in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casey and Cartwright pointed to Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania as an example of a federal worksite where salaried employees under the General Schedule pay system are grouped into the New York City locality pay region, while the hourly workers are considered part of the \u201crest of the U.S.,\u201d meaning that they make 25 percent less than salaried employees on average.<\/p>\n\n\n\t