Federal Compensation Comparability
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Compensation |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits |
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Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Equal pay for equal work |
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Author | : United States. Advisory Committee on Federal Pay |
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Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Author | : United States. President's Panel on Federal Compensation |
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Compensation management |
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Author | : United States. President's Panel on Federal Compensation |
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Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. Office of Personnel Management |
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Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Civil service |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
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Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Employee fringe benefits |
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided current information on private sector and federal white-collar employee compensation packages. By law, federal employees' salaries are set at a level equitable and comparable with similar levels of work in the private sector, unless the President proposes alternative federal pay rates. There is no such requirement for benefits comparability. GAO analyzed several pay and benefits comparability studies conducted by private and federal organizations, but did not independently validate the data contained in the studies. GAO noted that an independent study found that: (1) as of 1984, federal employees' total compensation averaged 7.2 percent less than that for private sector employees; and (2) in 1985, the difference increased to 9 percent or more because the federal pay increase for 1985 was limited to less than the average pay increase in the private sector. GAO found that: (1) frequent presidential use of alternative pay rates caused pay for federal employees to lag significantly behind that for private sector employees; (2) an 18.28 percent federal pay increase would be necessary to achieve federal pay comparability in 1985; (3) the federal retirement system is better than the average private sector system because it is worth more as a percentage of the average employee's pay, and federal retirement benefits are adjusted annually to offset consumer price increases; (4) private studies indicated that private sector employers generally pay a higher share of employee health insurance premiums than does the government; (5) private sector employee life insurance programs provide more basic coverage than the federal employee program, usually at no cost to the employee; (6) while federal employees generally receive one less holiday than private sector employees, this is offset by more generous federal annual leave benefits; and (7) federal sick leave lags behind the average private sector illness and disability income plan by 0.7 percent of pay.
Author | : U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781289001971 |
Federal employees' pay is governed by the comparability principle. This is a concept designed to insure employees and the Nation's other taxpayers that pay is equitable and comparable with pay in the private sector. There are problems with the comparability system, and reform is needed. The roles of the parties involved in the system and the problems that proposed legislation will not correct were discussed. Some of those involved in determining comparability for white-collar employees have been concerned about the President's extensive use of his authority to propose alternative plans. Because of this intervention, it was felt that the program has not been permitted to function as Congress intended. By law, the President may propose an alternative plan when the adjustment is not warranted because of a national emergency or because of economic conditions affecting the general welfare. In addition, the law required that comparability be based on levels of work, yet Presidential adjustments have often been uniform for all grades, resulting in overpayment for some levels and underpayment for others. According to various agency and employee organization officials, the blue-collar pay process was easier to understand and has resulted in fewer disagreements. This has been attributed to a more localized approach, joint participation by both labor and management at all levels, the lack of political pressure, and the fact that this system was not affected by pay caps. Several legislative changes to the blue-collar system have been proposed, leading to disputes between agency and union officials. The proposed legislation would increase the President's authority to adjust the comparability amounts and make it more difficult for Congress to override his decision.