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Issues concerning civil service pay structures are discussed. In particular the merits of the pay for performance plan or merit pay whereby workers are paid according to ability and effort is examined.

The past decade has witnessed the passage of public sector reforms in many of the English speaking governments of the Western world. Canada fell in line with its passage of the Public Service Reform Act at the end of November of 1992 and which came into force on June 1, 1993. This article examines the implementation of five basic features of change in the labor-management sections of the Act since it became law. In so doing the article will also illuminate the condition of the labor-management system of the federal government of Canada and suggests that its future, from a contemporary viewpoint, holds forth the prospect of even more fundamental change.

It's a given that any individual taking a job in the public sector isn't likely to be doing it for the money or perks. Compare like-for-like jobs in the public [...]

It might be a few more months until the Thrift Savings Plan launches its new Roth option, but it's not too early for federal employees to consider the pros and [...]

Chris Gray. FEAR OF spending cuts is adding to the late-booking trend as millions of public sector workers put their holidays on hold, Jet2holidays.com managing director Steve Heapy has warned. [...]

For the first time in the 30 years, I'm homesick. I live in the Washington suburbs, but for the past few days I haven't not been able to come home [...]

In a State of the Union address that ranged from job creation to education reform, President Obama also called for restoring trust in government, streamlining the federal budget, and extending [...]

Like many Americans, Bruce Krejmas knew something ugly was brewing in the economy in 2007. He decided it was time to put his retirement savings someplace safe. So Krejmas, who [...]

The planned secondment of a civil servant from the Department of Health to the Association of Directors of Social Services could become a long-term arrangement. The secondment, believed to be [...]

Concern is growing among key workers over the difficulty in obtaining loans for government-backed affordable housing schemes. Workers such as teachers, nurses and firemen are assisted by the schemes but [...]

HOLDING THE LINE The Bush administration is ready to implement a new federal rule limiting Head Start executive salaries. Approved by Congress last year, it states that Head Start funds […]

Public-sector pensioners have more fun The huge and rising cost of public-sector pensions OCCUPATIONAL pensions started in the civil service and then spread to the private sector. Defined-benefit schemes, offering […]

When the government began handing out credit cards like candy to its employees a few years back -- arguing that it would streamline the processing of government purchases of $2,500 [...]

Monday: The California Public Employees' Retirement System announced that it will invest as much as $132 million in a private stock fund that invests in sports, media, leisure, lifestyle and [...]

Premium increases will be limited, but 1.2 million enrollees will pay significantly more to see their doctor and fill prescriptions since the board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System [...]

American Airlines Inc. FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines Inc. has committed $50 million from its $6 billion defined benefit plan to Carlyle Partners III, Carlyle's latest U.S. buyout fund, [...]

Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund, Indianapolis, will begin a search for managers for three international equity allocations, totaling up to $750 million. This is the $11 billion fund's first move [...]

The guilty plea of former Connecticut State Treasurer Paul J. Silvester to charges of taking kickbacks in connection with pension fund investments is a warning to state and local governments [...]

In order to win the Histadrut labor organization's agreement to shift civil servants from non contributory pensions to cumulative ones, the government gave the trade union the right to pick [...]

A NOVEMBER study by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) noted with alarm that the chairmen and ranking members of congressional committees receive lots of campaign contributions from [...]