Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Dec 29, 2010
Signed by: Barack Obama
Signed on: Dec 22, 2010
Published on: Dec 29, 2010
Dec 29, 2010
Signed by: Barack Obama
Signed on: Dec 22, 2010
Published on: Dec 29, 2010
Summary
Updates the pay schedules for many federal workers, including military members, judges, and senior executives, based on new laws.
What problem does this solve?
Federal employee pay rates needed to be updated according to a new law. This order officially sets the new pay schedules for many government jobs.
What does this order do?
Updates statutory pay systems
Sets the new rates of basic pay for employees under the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and the Veterans Health Administration schedules.
Sets pay for senior executives
Establishes the new ranges of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service.
Adjusts pay for top government officials
Sets the rates of pay for high-level positions, including the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, members of Congress, and federal justices and judges.
Sets pay for uniformed services
Establishes the new rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services, as well as for cadets and midshipmen.
Implements locality-based pay
Directs that locality-based comparability payments shall be paid to federal employees according to a new schedule.
Updates pay for administrative law judges
Sets the new rates of basic pay for administrative law judges.
Supersedes prior pay order
Replaces Executive Order 13525 from December 23, 2009, which handled the previous year's pay adjustments.
Who does this affect?
- Federal government employees
- Members of the uniformed services
- Federal judges and officials
What is the real world impact?
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Implements legally required pay adjustments
Fulfills the legal requirement to adjust pay for federal employees as directed by the Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011. This is a standard administrative action to keep government pay scales current.
When does this start?
This order has different start dates for different groups of employees.
Uniformed services pay
The new pay rates for members of the uniformed services (Schedule 8) become effective on January 1, 2011.
All other pay schedules
All other pay schedules take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period that begins on or after January 1, 2011.