Trends in Public Sector Pay in OECD Countries 1997 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governance.

Local Subjects:

Governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The reform of pay determination systems has been completed in some OECD countries. This report presents information on the procedures which governments have developed to carry out reforms, and on the results obtained, particularly when the reforms have a positive impact on holding down public expenditure. Comparative analysis of public sector pay determination systems in OECD countries illustrates the wide variety of methods of determining public sector remuneration and shows that each country adapts the instruments available to its own institutional structure and economic and social constraints. Those countries which have not opted for radical change are taking a phased, pragmatic approach, lending weight to the view that reform of pay determination systems is extending to all OECD countries.

Contents:

Summary

Introduction: A Changing Situation

PART 1. PRESENTATION OF THE STATISTICAL DATA

Monitoring government outlays

Trends in various governments' outlays

Reducing personnel costs: what is at stake?

Government outlays in the System of National Accounts (SNA)

Pay trends

PART 2. DESCRIPTION OF PAY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS

Australia

Austria

Canada

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

New Zealand

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

PART 3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PAY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS

A comparative overview of pay determination systems

Design of a decentralisation index for pay determination systems

Classification of pay determination systems

Empirical results

Conclusion

Annex 1 . Data collection outcome

Annex 2 . Pay policy in the Canadian public service since 1990

Appendix 1. New Occupational Group Structure

Appendix 2. The Exclass Project

Appendix 3. Factors and Elements

Appendix 4. Federal Public Sector Employment - 1994

Appendix 5. Pay Parity Law between Men and Women

Appendix 6. Downizing in Public Service and Early Departure

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

92-64-06258-0