HR, Pay & Benefits

NZ officials suggest creating in-house consultancy hub for government  

Senior officials in the Public Service Commission of New Zealand have proposed creating an “in-house consultancy hub” to ease reliance on external consultants as part of the government’s cost-cutting plans. […]

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US bans use of private sector pay history in federal job appointments

US federal government departments and agencies will no longer be able to use private sector salaries to set the wages of new or returning officials under new regulations from the […]
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Canada reviews public service values; UK’s opposition leader vows to tackle civil service churn: news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canada looks to update public service values and ethics The Canadian public service has released […]
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Third of UK officials looking for jobs outside civil service, FDA survey finds

Low and stagnant pay is pushing a large number of civil servants to eye alternative career paths, a new survey by the FDA union has revealed. The trade union’s annual […]
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US federal government considers waiving incentive limits for new recruits; Canada warns officials of personal data breach: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. OPM proposes giving agencies authority to waive incentive limits as part of recruitment drive The […]
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Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices; US agencies shown paths to resilience in cross-sector report: news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices The federal government of Canada has […]
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Four in five Canadian public servants working remotely in part or in full, survey finds

The vast majority of public servants in Canada are working remotely for at least part of their job, Global Government Forum research has found. An exclusive survey of more than […]
President Joe Biden signing a bipartisan budget agreement into law on Saturday June 3, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Biden confirms 5.2% pay raise for US federal government officials

US president Joe Biden has confirmed his plan for a 5.2% average pay increase for federal officials from January next year. Biden confirmed the increase in a letter to speaker […]
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Australian public servants receive 11.2% pay offer over three years

Australian public servants have been offered a three-year deal to increase their pay over 11% after an initial pay offer was rejected by officials in June. Public servants rejected a […]
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UK government scraps pledge to move civil servants from London; Jakarta tells officials to work from home to cut air pollution: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK government discards levelling up pledge to move civil servants from London Plans to move […]