Members may not receive an annual pay adjustment greater than 5 percent.

As of early 2010 all pay has been unfrozen and salaried employees have since received pay adjustments.

The money would also be used to create a $27.5 million fund for pay adjustments.

Employees are eligible for annual and performance-based pay adjustments.

A common misconception is that the annual federal pay adjustments are determined according to cost of living fluctuations and other regional considerations.

The pay freeze statute prohibits "statutory pay adjustments" for Federal civilian employees that would otherwise take effect in 2011 and 2012.

Additional information on pay adjustments covered by the pay freeze is provided in Attachment 3.

Under his legislation, Federal workers in cities where the pay gap is greatest would receive automatic pay adjustments.

Of course, local governments must pay a price for the pay adjustments they make.

However, there was no pay adjustment for the 3 month period the pay cut was in effect.