This last measure in particular has drawn ire among civil-service unions, which say that many of their members have been excluded from the fiscal gravy. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In the eight years leading up to the debt crisis, civil-service salaries went up 170%, while productivity rose by only 70%. ❋ Costas Paris (2011)
But the post comes with certain veto powers over the use of Singapore's foreign-exchange reserves, and some responsibility over civil-service appointments and government and statutory board budgets. ❋ Chun Han Wong (2011)
The EU has a long way to go to trim civil-service pay down to size. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Mr. Tron, a center-right politician who had been serving as the civil-service minister in President Sarkozy's cabinet, denies the accusations. ❋ Ruth Bender (2011)
He also serves as the civil-service minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet. ❋ Christina Passariello (2011)
His friends' dreams are limited to landing a civil-service job with benefits and a pension. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)
Certain conditions are negotiated in contracts for union workers, but city personnel policy echoes these for non-union and (for the most part) civil-service exempt employees. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The vice premier will also talk to civil-service representatives with the apparent goal of reassuring them of Beijing's full support. ❋ Willy Lam (2011)
While Mr. Sarkozy is cutting civil-service jobs, saying France needs to slim down its bloated state sector, Mr. de Villepin said the French need more state nurses, teachers and policemen. ❋ Gabriele Parussini (2011)
Though austerity has put a brake on salary increases, holiday bonuses and new hiring, a working paper published this month by the European Central Bank suggests governments have a long way to go to trim civil-service pay down to size. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"The members we represent touch everyone's lives in some way from the cradle to the grave," said a spokesman for the Public and Commercial Services Union, or PCS—the U.K.'s largest civil-service trade union—which is taking part. ❋ Nicholas Winning (2011)
To meet the demands of its international creditors, who are due to resume an inspection visit in Athens next week, the government is now looking at unprecedented public-sector layoffs and cuts in civil-service perks. ❋ Alkman Granitsas (2011)
Previously, these measures have included temporarily suspending investments and divesting securities in civil-service retirement funds. ❋ Andrew Ackerman (2011)
Without a course correction, the demographic distribution will become even more skewed with the proportion of NASA employees who are 50-59 increasing to nearly half the entire civil-service workforce by the 2014. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But the post comes with certain veto powers over the use of Singapore's foreign-exchange reserves, and some responsibility over civil-service appointments, and government and statutory board budgets. ❋ Chun Han Wong (2011)
The looming public-pension crisis that threatens to bankrupt city, county and state governments had its origins in those same years when public employees, already protected by civil-service rules, gained the right to bargain collectively. ❋ Fred Siegel (2011)
- Adopting legislation mandating that no more than 10% of new hires within any federal Agency in any fiscal year be hired into “term” positions and that no more than 5% of the total civil-service workforce at any federal Agency consist of “term” positions; and ❋ Unknown (2009)
However, one tantalizing glimpse into the agenda of a civil-service guardian of decency identified as "Miss Farrell" does remain. ❋ Bruce Bennett (2011)
