The imminent demise of the National Security Personnel System leaves many wondering about the prospects for pay for performance in government. From the day the Federal Civil Service was created in ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s almost ironic. On Oct. 28, President Barack Obama signed legislation that effectively killed the National Security Personnel System, the Defense Department’s pay-for-performance system. The next ...

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.

Seeking to contain costs while improving quality of care, the healthcare industry is moving toward value-based payment models. One of these models is a “pay-for-performance” system. In a blog post for ...

A Houston teachers union is advocating against a possible overhaul to the pay scale that could base salaries for some teachers entirely on evaluations, rather than tenure. The Houston Education ...

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 ...

In 2002, Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care’s major payor indicated it was only interested in giving increases if they were related to demonstrated value. In response, Advocate Physician ...

When companies fail, it’s not because of the performance of front-line workers. The same is true in health care. The current crisis in health care is unrelated to the care provided to patients or the ...