Federal Salary Council
Section 5304(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, authorizes the President
to establish the Federal Salary Council. Under the law, the President
appoints the Council members, which include three experts in labor relations and
pay policy and six representatives of employee organizations representing large
numbers of General Schedule employees. The Council submits recommendations
on the locality pay program to the President's Pay Agent. The Council's recommendations
cover the establishment or modification of pay localities, the coverage of salary
surveys used to set locality pay, the process for making pay comparisons, and the
level of comparability payments that should be made. Under Executive Order
12764, the Office of Personnel Management provides administrative support for the
Federal Salary Council.
