Some federal employees believe that the National Security Personnel System, the federal government’s fledgling pay-for-performance system, was a bad idea from the get-go and that its demise could not ...

For a window on federal pay practices, look no further than the conversion of the Senior Executive Service. Under a law that kicked in last month, the 6,000 members of the SES are no longer entitled ...

Agencies are making progress in improving their pay-for-performance systems, such as linking executive performance with the organization’s goals and results, Springer said. For example, the Defense ...

Shifting federal agencies to pay-for- performance systems "will better serve the needs of the federal government," but it could be several years before the workforce accepts the idea, according to a ...

Houston ISD teacher salaries could soon range from $64,000 to $101,000 per year depending largely on employees’ performance ratings, ending a long-time practice of paying educators based on years of ...

Hayley Bakker is the Head of Customer Journey & Digital Enablement at beqom, which supports pay equity with data-driven software. The idea of paying for performance is a reassuring narrative.

Pay for performance may be coming back, even though past efforts have failed. Do you think it stands a chance in the federal government? Why can't the federal government get pay-for-performance right?

In 2022, Oregon’s public pension investments lost 1.55% of their value, the worst performance since the financial crisis in 2008 and one that tacked $6.6 billion on to the system’s already enormous ...

When performance and pay happen in separate processes, something important gets lost. Employees miss the link between effort and reward, while managers face pressure to make consistent, fair choices ...