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Public Service Pay & Benefits

Diversity grows sharply among UK senior officials

The UK civil service has seen a sharp rise in the diversity of its senior civil servants over the last year, with rapid growth in the proportion of ethnic minority […]

UK abandons redundancy cap following legal challenges

The UK government has repealed new regulations that limited exit payments for departing public sector staff to £95,000 (US$132,000), after its policy was challenged in the courts by unions and […]

Role reversal: Biden rolls back Trump’s civil service directives

US President Joe Biden has used his first days in office to reset relations with federal professionals, reversing a number of executive orders issued by his predecessor Donald Trump that […]

US lawmakers defend federal workers’ rights, but pay hike remains 1%

A House of Representatives panel moved to protect US federal employees from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut benefits and curb collective bargaining rights last week, but has not improved […]

New Zealand ministers and top civil servants take pay cut amid corona crisis

New Zealand’s PM, ministers and public service chief executives – the most senior officials in each government department – will take a 20% pay cut for six months, in solidarity […]

Trump proposes 1% federal pay rise as US budget published

President Trump has submitted a plan to Congress for all federal workers to receive a 1% pay rise, effective from 1 January 2021. While this is an improvement on the […]

New claims process for staff affected by Phoenix pay failure

A new claims process for federal employees affected by the troubled Phoenix payroll system has been launched by the Canadian government.  The new compensation scheme is being implemented “in recognition of […]

US lawmakers “extremely concerned” about proposed official time policy

Two members of Congress have written to the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to express concern about a proposal that could make it harder for federal employees […]

US federal employees likely to get biggest pay rise in a decade

US Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement that would see civilian federal workers get an average 3.1% pay rise in 2020 – the biggest pay increase since 2009. The spending […]

Irish government commission calls for new pay review body

Ireland’s Public Service Pay Commission has called for the re-establishment of a dedicated review body to examine pay in the civil and public service, after a government report found that […]