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Request for Information: Special Rates to Achieve January 2027 Pay Adjustments for Certain Law Enforcement Personnel

Washington, DC — Memo informs agencies that OPM will use special rates to give law enforcement personnel already covered by the existing law enforcement special salary rate a 3.8% raise on January 10, 2027. And that OPM will also extend that special salary rate to additional law enforcement positions. Because newly covered employees will receive both the existing special rate and the 3.8% increase, their raise will be about 6.7%.

Request for Information: Special Rates to Achieve January 2027 Pay Adjustments for Certain Law Enforcement Personnel

Washington, DC — Memo informs agencies that OPM will use special rates to give law enforcement personnel already covered by the existing law enforcement special salary rate a 3.8% raise on January 10, 2027. OPM will also extend that special salary rate to additional law enforcement positions. Because newly covered employees will receive both the existing special rate and the 3.8% increase, their raise will be about 6.7%.

Request for Information: Special Rates to Achieve January 2027 Pay Adjustments for Certain Law Enforcement Personnel

Washington, DC — Memo informs agencies that OPM will use special rates to give law enforcement personnel already covered by the existing law enforcement special salary rate a 3.8% raise on January 10, 2027. OPM will also extend that special salary rate to additional law enforcement positions. Because newly covered employees will receive both the existing special rate and the 3.8% increase, their raise will be about 6.7%.

Request for Information: Special Rates to Achieve January 2027 Pay Adjustments for Certain Law Enforcement Personnel

Washington, DC — Memo informs agencies that OPM will use special rates to give law enforcement personnel already covered by the existing law enforcement special salary rate a 3.8% raise on January 10, 2027. OPM will also extend that special salary rate to additional law enforcement positions. Because newly covered employees will receive both the existing special rate and the 3.8% increase, their raise will be about 6.7%.

Protections Against Retaliation for Employees Who Report Misconduct or Participate in Performance, Conduct, and Suitability Processes

Washington, DC — Memorandum informs agencies that federal law protects employees who report misconduct or take part in performance, conduct, suitability, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) processes, that a complaint filed in response to an official's action runs against the agency rather than the official personally, and that agencies must protect those employees from retaliation and take specific steps to do so.

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