<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A major reform of the public sector salary system took place between 2003 and 2008, where public administration was included as one of the sub-sectors in a broader scheme, covering also the health care and social care sectors, the education sector and other parts of the public sector. The reform was extremely complex, and its development consisted of several phases. The reform resulted in a completely new salary system for the public sector. There are several tangible benefits of the reform; however, there are deficiencies, too, and some of them were amplified by measures inspired by the financial crisis. In our opinion, the changes should be focused on eliminating or drastically reducing <italic>de facto</italic> automatic promotion to higher salary grades, introducing more flexibility into the system without putting at risk its coherence and ensuring the budget for variable (performance-related) pay. Additionally, but with due caution, the option should also be considered and discussed to enable the government to classify certain positions in salary ranks higher than defined in the collective agreement, as a response to the situation on the labour market.</p></abstract>

A major reform of the public sector salary system took place between 2003 and 2008, where public administration was included as one of the sub-sectors in a broader scheme, covering also the health care and social care sectors, the education sector and other parts of the public sector. The reform was extremely complex, and its development consisted of several phases. The reform resulted in a completely new salary system for the public sector. There are several tangible benefits of the reform; however, there are deficiencies, too, and some of them were amplified by measures inspired by the financial crisis. In our opinion, the changes should be focused on eliminating or drastically reducing de facto automatic promotion to higher salary grades, introducing more flexibility into the system without putting at risk its coherence and ensuring the budget for variable (performance-related) pay. Additionally, but with due caution, the option should also be considered and discussed to enable the government to classify certain positions in salary ranks higher than defined in the collective agreement, as a response to the situation on the labour market.

Implementing a Government-Wide Unified and Transparent Salary System in Slovenia

Administrative Law and Law of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration

Public Administration, Faculty of Administration

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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A major reform of the public sector salary system took place between 2003 and 2008, where public administration was included as one of the sub-sectors in a...

Implementing a Government-Wide Unified and Transparent Salary System in Slovenia

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 183 - 206

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0008

Keywords
public administration reform, public sector, salary system, civil service, Slovenia

© 2018 Gregor Virant et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Implementing a Government-Wide Unified and Transparent Salary System in Slovenia

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 183 - 206

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0008

Keywordspublic administration reform, public sector, salary system, civil service, Slovenia

© 2018 Gregor Virant et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
public administration reform, public sector, salary system, civil service, Slovenia