Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"

Appropriate public sector remuneration policies are key for performance. They can motivate staff to a limited extent by rewarding performance but more generally by eliminating inequities and avoiding frequent and sudden changes in pay. They can als...

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Main Author: Green, Malcolm
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11937577/pay-policy-reform-building-foundation-public-sector-performance-through-improved-public-sector-pay-policy-using-single-pay-spine
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spelling okr-10986-105202021-04-23T14:02:51Z Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine" Green, Malcolm ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS ANNUAL BUDGET BUDGET PLANNING BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS BUDGET PROCESS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVANTS DISCRETION DISMISSAL DRIVERS EMPLOYEE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL CONTROL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE HUMAN RESOURCE INITIATIVE JUDICIARY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LOBBYING MINIMUM WAGE MINISTERS MINISTRY OF FINANCE OCCUPATIONS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT POLICE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC PAY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PAY PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS PUBLIC SERVICES RETIREMENT SANCTION SERVANTS SETTLEMENTS SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPARENCY WAGE BILL WAGE LEVELS WAGE NEGOTIATION WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Appropriate public sector remuneration policies are key for performance. They can motivate staff to a limited extent by rewarding performance but more generally by eliminating inequities and avoiding frequent and sudden changes in pay. They can also assist in retaining competent staff one of the most critical drivers of public sector performance. Developing pay policy in the public sector is complex, administratively and politically. This note analyzes one approach to creating a fiscally sustainable, equitable and performance enhancing pay policy, the single pay spine. It focuses on the single pay spine as a means to help countries achieve four pay policy objectives: 1) ensuring that public service pay is affordable; 2) achieving competitiveness with pay outside the public service; 3) promoting greater transparency in public pay; and 4) ensuring that there is equal pay for equal work (i.e. eliminating inequity). 2012-08-13T11:53:52Z 2012-08-13T11:53:52Z 2009-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11937577/pay-policy-reform-building-foundation-public-sector-performance-through-improved-public-sector-pay-policy-using-single-pay-spine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10520 English Global Expert Team (GET) Brief CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
ANNUAL BUDGET
BUDGET PLANNING
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS
BUDGET PROCESS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CIVIL SERVANTS
DISCRETION
DISMISSAL
DRIVERS
EMPLOYEE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL CONTROL
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
HUMAN RESOURCE
INITIATIVE
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LOBBYING
MINIMUM WAGE
MINISTERS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
OCCUPATIONS
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
POLICE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
PUBLIC PAY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR PAY
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RETIREMENT
SANCTION
SERVANTS
SETTLEMENTS
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TRANSPARENCY
WAGE BILL
WAGE LEVELS
WAGE NEGOTIATION
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
ANNUAL BUDGET
BUDGET PLANNING
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS
BUDGET PROCESS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CIVIL SERVANTS
DISCRETION
DISMISSAL
DRIVERS
EMPLOYEE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL CONTROL
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
HUMAN RESOURCE
INITIATIVE
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LOBBYING
MINIMUM WAGE
MINISTERS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
OCCUPATIONS
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
POLICE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
PUBLIC PAY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR PAY
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RETIREMENT
SANCTION
SERVANTS
SETTLEMENTS
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TRANSPARENCY
WAGE BILL
WAGE LEVELS
WAGE NEGOTIATION
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
Green, Malcolm
Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
relation Global Expert Team (GET) Brief
description Appropriate public sector remuneration policies are key for performance. They can motivate staff to a limited extent by rewarding performance but more generally by eliminating inequities and avoiding frequent and sudden changes in pay. They can also assist in retaining competent staff one of the most critical drivers of public sector performance. Developing pay policy in the public sector is complex, administratively and politically. This note analyzes one approach to creating a fiscally sustainable, equitable and performance enhancing pay policy, the single pay spine. It focuses on the single pay spine as a means to help countries achieve four pay policy objectives: 1) ensuring that public service pay is affordable; 2) achieving competitiveness with pay outside the public service; 3) promoting greater transparency in public pay; and 4) ensuring that there is equal pay for equal work (i.e. eliminating inequity).
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Green, Malcolm
author_facet Green, Malcolm
author_sort Green, Malcolm
title Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
title_short Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
title_full Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
title_fullStr Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
title_full_unstemmed Pay Policy Reform : Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"
title_sort pay policy reform : building a foundation for public sector performance through improved public sector pay policy by using a "single pay spine"
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11937577/pay-policy-reform-building-foundation-public-sector-performance-through-improved-public-sector-pay-policy-using-single-pay-spine
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10520
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