Senior Civil Service Pay [electronic resource]: A Study of Eleven Countries 1980/1991 No. 4 /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1994.
This study offers is a limited "snapshot" of basic pre-tax pay for senior civil servants. It does not cover other factors relating to total lifetime rewards, such as the rewards likely to be available on leaving public service employment; lifetime earnings in a career public service structure, and alternative employment opportunities in the public and private sector for senior public servants. For cross-national comparison, pay levels have been expressed in purchasing power parities in US dollar equivalents.  
SUMMARY -- I . INTRODUCTION -- -The senior civil service pay issue -- Structure of the report -- Scope and limitations of the study  -- II . SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE PAY LEVELS. STRUCTURES AND TRENDS -- -Pay levels  -- Pay structures  -- --The separation&nbsp;of the senior civil service corps -- Fixed and Variable Pay -- Augmentation of basic pay by bonuses und allowances -- -Pay trends. 1980-1990 -- Changes in the pay of top civil servants&nbsp;over time  -- Pay differentials and compression  -- Senior civil service pay and general pay trends&nbsp; -- III . SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE PAY DETERMINATION PROCESSES  -- -Remuneration review bodies -- Pay differentials and compression&nbsp; -- Individualised negotiation -- Collective bargaining -- Linkage with the rest of the public service  -- IV . CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY ISSUES  -- -Main findings  -- Policy issues -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A. Graded levels Included in the Study  -- -Appendix B. Senior Civil Servants as a Proportion of Non-Agricultural Workforce -- -Appendix C. Summary of Senior Civil Service Pay Systems in Each Country -- -Appendix&nbsp;D. Pay Relativities within the Senior Civil Service. 1980 to 1990/91  -- -Appendix E. &nbsp;Pay Relativities Between Senior Civil Service and Lower "Feeder" Grades. -- -Appendix F. Percentage Change in Pay of Top Civil Service Level, Average Production Worker (APW) and GDP Per Capita, 1980 to 1990/91 -- -Appendix G. Institutional Methods of Senior Civil Service Salary Determination in 11 OECD Countries
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This study offers is a limited "snapshot" of basic pre-tax pay for senior civil servants. It does not cover other factors relating to total lifetime rewards, such as the rewards likely to be available on leaving public service employment; lifetime earnings in a career public service structure, and alternative employment opportunities in the public and private sector for senior public servants. For cross-national comparison, pay levels have been expressed in purchasing power parities in US dollar equivalents.  
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