{"id":19582,"date":"2019-03-20T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/20\/federal-pay-raise-bogged-down-in-legal-processes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:50:56","slug":"federal-pay-raise-bogged-down-in-legal-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/03\/20\/federal-pay-raise-bogged-down-in-legal-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal pay raise bogged down in legal processes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congress passed a 1.9 percent federal pay raise<\/a> as part of the government funding package signed into law in mid-February, but federal employees have yet to see that increase reflected in their paychecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Margaret Weichert, deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, the delay is not due to policy or the payroll process, but rather the legal complexities of the federal pay system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is purely a lawyering activity that is nearing its end,\u201d said Weichert at a March 20 press meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in the final legal clearance stage, and I know that sounds like you\u2019ve heard that before, but to me this is an object lesson in the complexity of our pay systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t