Bloomberg Law
Jan. 2, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

Federal Pay System Needs Reform, Top Officials Say

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The labor secretary and other top administration officials are calling for “fundamental reforms of the white-collar Federal pay system” in what may be the clearest indication yet of the administration’s civil service agenda.

“Performance-sensitive compensation systems” are needed for a “more citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based” government, the chiefs of the Labor Department, the White House Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Personnel Management wrote. “We need to empower Federal agencies to better manage, develop, and reward employees.”

The leaders’ “memorandum to the president” may signal a new period of labor strife, as the Trump administration and Republicans ...

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