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Public Service Pay & Benefits

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Biden confirms US federal pay rise; Japan to eject obsolete floppy disk from government: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Biden confirms US federal pay rise President Joe Biden has confirmed that US federal […]

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US government makes ‘commitment to reproductive healthcare’ in sick leave rules; UK Cabinet Office staff wellbeing plummets: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed US feds allowed to use sick leave to travel for medical care The Office […]

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Belgian officials set for pay boost as government joins global warnings of ‘war for talent’ for civil servants

Belgium’s minister of the civil service has struck a preliminary agreement with trade unions to boost civil servants’ reward packages by as much as 7% after a prolonged pay dispute. […]

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Scottish civil servants ‘could be offered four-day week’; Singapore officials set for pay rise; hunt for UN climate chief: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Scottish civil servants could be offered four-day week – in exchange for pay […]

Canadian public servants frustrated by Phoenix compensation delay

Three former public servants have spoken out about the stress caused by delays to compensation payments they say they are owed after suffering hardship due to the botched Phoenix pay […]

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UK civil servants face real terms pay cut as unions slam government’s ‘utter contempt’ for officials

UK civil service trade unions have reacted angrily to the UK government’s announcement that pay for officials will rise at an average of 2% for the coming year – and […]

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OPM grants US federal officials paid leave to vote in elections

The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has given federal employees the right to take leave to vote in federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial elections. Agency workers may take […]

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Biden pledges to ‘address use of salary history’ in setting federal government pay rates

President Joe Biden has pledged to tackle the use of previous pay rates for setting salaries for federal government jobs – but has stopped short of saying the practice will […]

Canadian government races to collect Phoenix overpayments as deadline looms

Canada’s federal government is racing to recoup an estimated C$552m (US$433m) in overpayments made to employees as a result of the botched Phoenix pay system before they must be written […]

Biden promises feds a 2.7% pay rise next year

Plans to increase the pay of US federal civilian employees by an average of 2.7% in 2022 have been formally presented to Congress by President Joe Biden. In a letter […]