public sector

Expect the disparity between public and private sector sick leave to keep growing

Knowing what everyone else in the public sector is earning is invaluable when bargaining for pay increases and starting salaries

The U.S. did not have to destroy its economy to accomplish this incredible fiscal improvement

Today’s job seekers can’t always turn to the government for secure, highly paid work

Costly sick-day banks and chronic absenteeism. It’s time to rein in this public sector perk.

The Harper government announces that it has eliminated 10,980 positions within the public sector in the last six months.

Final offer arbitration may be the best option to deal with this year’s strife

With contracts for half a million public sector workers to be negotiated this year, things could get very ugly

PM David Cameron wants to remake Britain. Critics say his plan will end up destroying the United Kingdom.

The battle lines over public sector wages and benefits are being drawn in the state of Wisconsin and there is every indication the outcome will be messy. At issue is how government employees affect public finances. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker not only wishes to tackle this issue, but has gone a step further in wanting to permanently change how the state will conduct collective bargaining in the future.

Are these Big Government Conservatives?

An anonymous correspondent at American culture weblog 2 Blowhards broadcasts monstrous untruths about Canada’s federal public service, which I’m sure some of the readers employed therein will wish to go rebut. (On their own time.)