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House Committee to Consider Extended Pay Freeze and Benefit Cuts
January 25, 2012 
Among the proposals being considered are:

• A one-year extension of the current two-year pay freeze for federal civilian
workers and lawmakers.
• An increase in the amount federal employees and members of Congress
contribute to their pensions. The increase would total 1.5 percent and be phased
in over three years beginning in 2013.
• Elimination of the Federal Employees Retirement System minimum supplement
for individuals not subject to mandatory retirement starting in 2013. Individuals
subject to mandatory retirement include certain categories of employees such as
law enforcement, firefighters, air traffic controllers and nuclear materials couriers.
Under current law, the FERS minimum supplement is paid to these employees and
to federal employees who retire before age 62. The FERS minimum supplement
represents the amount employees would have received from Social Security if they
were 62 years old on the day they retired, and is paid until they reach age 62 and
begin receiving Social Security payments.
• Changes in the retirement structure for new federal employees hired after 2012
and with fewer than five years of creditable service for retirement purposes. Federal workers in that group would contribute 4 percent to their pensions, an increase of 3.2 percent from the current 0.8 percent level. The employee contribution for special occupational groups and lawmakers would increase by a total of 3.2 percent, from 1.3 percent to 4.5 percent.
• A high-five average salary calculation for annuities for new hires rather than the current high-three average pay calculation. Existing Civil Service Retirement System and FERS employees still would operate under the high-three calculation

Administration Proposes 0.5 Percent Pay Increase in 2013
The proposed 0.5 percent pay increase for federal employees in 2013 was welcomed by some federal employee groups and denounced by other groups.  Some said that after two years of a pay freeze, the increase should be higher.

Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), Chairman of the Government Oversight Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and Labor Policy proposed increase "pure politics...Federal Employees are paid better, receive better benefits and enjoy unparalleled job security,compared to their private sector counterparts."

NIH Physicians Among Highest-Paid Federal Employees
A website list the names, titles and salaries of the 1000 highest paid federal employees.  Many of the highest paid federal employees are medical officers.S

Senate Committee Approves Bill To Repeal Prohibition on VA Collective Bargaining
S. 572 would allow VA physicians to negotiate over routine pay matters such as overtime and incentive pay.

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