{"id":28082,"date":"2023-11-20T19:32:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/20\/paying-relocation-recruitment-bonus-to-federal-workers-may-get-easier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:12:15","slug":"paying-relocation-recruitment-bonus-to-federal-workers-may-get-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2023\/11\/20\/paying-relocation-recruitment-bonus-to-federal-workers-may-get-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying relocation, recruitment bonus to federal workers may get easier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help stimulate hiring and aid retention, the government\u2019s HR agency wants to lift restrictions on relocation and recruitment bonuses for federal employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The draft rule, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/11\/15\/2023-25199\/recruitment-and-relocation-incentive-waivers\">proposed by the Office of Personnel Management on Nov. 15<\/a> and open for feedback until mid-January, would expand agencies\u2019 in-house authority to waive certain caps on recruitment incentives without waiting for OPM\u2019s go-ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2022\/08\/05\/why-do-federal-pay-raises-lag-the-private-sector\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/money-cut.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why do federal pay raises lag the private sector?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The federal budget proposal unveiled by the White House in March included an average pay increase of 4.6% for civilian federal workers, matching a planned military pay raise. Historically, with pay lagging in the federal sector, other factors including steady opportunities, competitive benefits and hybrid work to retain talent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If approved, employees working in-demand jobs, like cyber or healthcare, could be eligible for pay boosts of up to 50% of their annual salary multiplied by the number of years in service. The current cap is 25%, with increases beyond that subject to OPM approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis will allow agencies to move more quickly in hiring new employees and relocating those who are moving into positions that are likely to be difficult to fill,\u201d according to the rule\u2019s stated rationale. \u201cAlso, with increases in the number of retirement-eligible employees, recruiting early career and experienced talent to the federal workforce is a high priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with the increased threshold, additional pay may not exceed one\u2019s salary during a required service period of up to four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTherefore, the total incentive paid under a waiver continues to be limited to 100% of the employee\u2019s annual basic pay, but the incentive may be paid over two years rather than four years,\u201d according to the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the regulation would remove the six-month service period requirement for recruitment incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While rules for retention incentives are not affected by the proposed changes, others could be in line for increased use by federal offices. In any case, OPM has said that such tools are one of many ways the federal government is trying to tackle its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2023\/11\/16\/new-locality-rates-to-boost-pay-for-thousands-of-federal-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\">pay disparity problem <\/a>that often leads to certain types of jobs being difficult to fill because of private sector competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently more than 10,000 public sector openings awaiting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/career\/2023\/07\/06\/looking-for-stem-or-national-security-jobs-usa-jobs-has-a-new-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\"> applicants on USAJobs<\/a>, the government\u2019s primary online job board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fewer bonuses being paid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2019\/08\/09\/usda-agrees-to-offer-employee-relocation-incentives\/\" target=\"_blank\">recruitment, relocation and retention incentives <\/a>varies from one agency to the next, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/policy-data-oversight\/pay-leave\/recruitment-relocation-retention-incentives\/reports\/2009report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">OPM\u2019s report to Congress in 2009, <\/a>the last year for which such reporting was required. The majority of 51 agencies queried in the report did not use such bonuses, the report continued. At the time, the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs were the largest users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2008, OPM says it has approved 15 recruitment incentive waivers for six agencies and 11 relocation incentive waivers for four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency did not say in the rule whether the changes would likely contribute to an uptick in the use of waivers, though that could be a byproduct of streamlining the process for doing so. A 2017 Government Accountability Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-18-91.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> noted that approvals for 3Rs incentive waivers generally took about one-and-a-half months since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, the overall criteria for waiver approval is not changing, so agencies would still have to meet the minimum standards of determining whether exceptions can be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2016\/01\/19\/new-opm-guidance-lifts-2010-incentive-caps-on-3rs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635888012714292077-635822415628177504-opmjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New OPM guidance lifts 2010 incentive caps on 3Rs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new guidance would allow agencies to award higher cash incentives for hard-to-fill positions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies may also have budget restraints to contend with. 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