Public Service Pay & Benefits

UK announces civil service reforms to ‘move fast and fix things’

Darren Jones, chief secretary to the UK prime minister, has announced a series of civil service reforms designed to meet the government’s ambition of “a complete rewiring of the state”. […]

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UK government needs strategy to reform pay and pensions to boost retention, says civil service union chief

The UK government needs to develop a strategy on civil service pay and pensions in order to help tackle workforce churn, the head of a civil service trade union has […]

UK could increase civil service pay through cutting pension contributions

The UK government is examining increasing pay for civil servants and others working in public services through lowering pension contributions. According to reports, the government is exploring the potential to […]
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UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants, Kenya declares climate change a national security threat: news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence In this edition: UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants The UK government will introduce a performance-related pay regime […]
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Canada’s public sector beating private sector on narrowing the gender wage gap, report finds

Canada’s public sector gender pay gap is half that of the private sector, according to a new report from research institute the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), which also […]
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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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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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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 senior civil servants to get 5.5% pay rise – but departments must find ‘efficiencies’ to cover cost

Senior civil servants are set to receive a 5.5% pay increase next year after the UK government announced that it would accept the recommendations from public sector pay review bodies. […]