Accession Number:

ADA106843

Title:

Serious Problems Need to be Corrected before Federal Merit Pay Goes into Effect

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1981-09-11

Pagination or Media Count:

49.0

Abstract:

This report was prepared in response to a request from the Chair, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. It points out that problems with merit pay implementation could cause program failure unless immediate action is taken. These problems were identified earlier when GAO testified before the Subcommittee on July 21, 1981. As a result of the merit pay hearings, the Subcommittee requested that the President of the United States take action to prevent Federal agencies from implementing faulty pay-for-performance systems. The actions requested by the Subcommittee are similar to the recommendations contained in this report.

Descriptors:

• *PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• *SALARIES
• *GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
• POLICIES
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• BENEFITS
• INCOME
• SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
• GRADE STRUCTURE(PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT)
• SUPERVISORS
• STANDARDS
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE