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Designed as a comprehensive overview of public sector compensation, the book addresses strategies for change, with the author warning that failure of the profession to address this issue will ultimately lead to citizens taking matters in their own hands. The author's issues-oriented approach addresses his core message-that the escalation of public sector compensation is impacting the ability of government to meet its core responsibility and the failure of government to address this has serious consequences. Not just a critique, it presents context, analysis, and suggestions for reform.
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Phantom Prosperity: The Great Recession | p. 3 |
| The Effect of the Great Recession on Public Sector Employment | p. 4 |
| State Approaches to Public Employee Unions and Budget Cuts | p. 12 |
| Filling the Budget Shortfall into the Future | p. 17 |
| Seniority Rules: The Civil Service System | p. 18 |
| The Merit Principle | p. 19 |
| Barriers to Reform | p. 28 |
| New Public Wage Management Systems | p. 31 |
| New Governance-Shared Delivery | p. 36 |
| Summary | p. 39 |
| (Public) Workers of the United States Unite! Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector | p. 42 |
| Resistance to Public Sector Bargaining | p. 47 |
| The Essence of Collective Bargaining Appears in the Public Sector | p. 48 |
| Unions Begin to Grow Through the Legislative Process | p. 49 |
| Public Unions Experience Government Backlash | p. 52 |
| The Contemporary Status | p. 53 |
| Anti-Union Push? | p. 58 |
| Public Sector Union Influence in California | p. 60 |
| Current Views of Unions | p. 64 |
| The Difference between Public Sector and Private Sector Unions | p. 65 |
| Unions as a Political Machine | p. 68 |
| Counter to Big Business | p. 70 |
| Summary | p. 71 |
| Public Versus Private: Who Really Makes More? | p. 73 |
| Principles for Determining Pay in the Public Sector | p. 73 |
| Pay Differentials | p. 74 |
| Determining the Cost of Deferred Benefits | p. 77 |
| The Impact of Unions | p. 79 |
| The Iron Triangle | p. 81 |
| Summary | p. 87 |
| Comparison of Lifetime Earnings | p. 88 |
| A Compensation Model | p. 88 |
| The Blue-Collar Model | p. 89 |
| The White-Collar Model | p. 95 |
| Summary | p. 100 |
| Pensions Gone Wild! | p. 101 |
| Public Pension Plans in the United States | p. 103 |
| The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | p. 106 |
| Public Sector Unions | p. 108 |
| The Price of Public Pensions and How We Got Here | p. 110 |
| Where Do We Go from Here? | p. 121 |
| Rethinking Public Sector Employment | p. 125 |
| Increased Transparency | p. 129 |
| Conflicts in Awarding Compensation Should Be Avoided | p. 130 |
| Pensions and Other Postemployment Benefits | p. 131 |
| Civil Service Reform | p. 133 |
| Collective Bargaining | p. 134 |
| Appendices | |
| Comparative Analysis of Compensation Levels. Hypothetical Public and Private Sector Employees: Janitors and Cleaners | p. 135 |
| Comparative Analysis of Compensation Levels. Hypothetical Public and Private Sector Employees: Civil Engineer | p. 143 |
| References | p. 151 |
| Index | p. 163 |
| About the Author | p. 171 |
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ISBN: 9780765630544
ISBN-10: 0765630540
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 224
Published: 1st June 2012
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.386
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