Hvem fastsætter lønnen for medlemmer af den offentlige tjeneste?
United States federal civil service
Lønsystemet i den amerikanske regerings offentlige tjeneste har udviklet sig til et komplekst sæt af lønsystemer, der hovedsageligt omfatter General Schedule (GS) for ansatte, Federal Wage System (FWS) for ansatte, der arbejder, Senior Executive System (SES) for ansatte på ledelsesniveau, Foreign Service Schedule (FS) for ansatte i udenrigstjenesten og mere end tolv alternative lønsystemer, der kaldes alternative eller eksperimentelle lønsystemer, som f.eks. det første eksperimentelle system China Lake Demonstration Project. Det nuværende system begyndte som Classification Act of 1923 og blev videreudviklet i loven med Classification Act of 1949. Disse love, som danner grundlaget for det nuværende system, er blevet ændret gennem bekendtgørelser og gennem offentliggjorte ændringer i Federal Register, som fastsætter godkendte ændringer i den lovgivningsmæssige struktur for det føderale lønsystem. Det fælles mål for alle lønsystemer er at nå målet om at betale rimelige lønninger til alle involverede arbejdstagere uanset system, gruppe eller klassificering. Dette betegnes som lønlighed eller ("lige løn for lige arbejde"). Udvalgte karrierer med stor efterspørgsel kan være omfattet af en særlig løntabel, som kan give en højere løn end de almindelige GS-løntabeller. Disse karrierer omfatter visse ingeniørdiscipliner og patentundersøgere.
United States federal civil service
The pay system of the United States government civil service has evolved into a complex set of pay systems that include principally the General Schedule (GS) for white-collar employees, Federal Wage System (FWS) for blue-collar employees, Senior Executive System (SES) for Executive-level employees, Foreign Service Schedule (FS) for members of the Foreign Service and more than twelve alternate pay systems that are referred to as alternate or experimental pay systems such as the first experimental system China Lake Demonstration Project. The current system began as the Classification Act of 1923 and was refined into law with the Classification Act of 1949. These acts that provide the foundation of the current system have been amended through executive orders and through published amendments in the Federal Register that sets for approved changes in the regulatory structure of the federal pay system. The common goal among all pay systems is to achieve the goal of paying equitable salaries to all involved workers regardless of system, group or classification. This is referred to as pay equity or ("equal pay for equal work"). Select careers in high demand may be subject to a special rate table, which can pay above the standard GS tables. These careers include certain engineering disciplines and patent examiners.
United States federal civil service