Older Workers in EPA Program Blame Agency for Low Pay (1)

People in a program for older workers at the EPA haven’t gotten raises in years, the agency’s inspector general said in a June 24 report.

The Senior Environmental Employment program hires people 55 and older who work on Environmental Protection Agency projects that include pollution prevention and administrative and clerical support. The program can help the agency as it deals with hiring freezes and worker departures.

The pay scale, which ranges from $7.27 to $18.16 an hour, hasn’t changed since 2010. Moreover, from 2011 to 2018, SEE workers didn’t get any raises, the EPA’s Office of Inspector General found ...