Current Trends in Civil Service in Performance Appraisal and Benefits Preliminary results from EUPAN countries survey Katarína Staroňová

EUPAN Workgroup Survey results Survey on: Performance Appraisal and Remuneration and Benefits in Central Government Civil Service Organizations 30 members of the EUPAN responded, including European Commission, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia

General Information on Performance Appraisal Mandatory in 30 out of 31 surveyed EUPAN members (except for Austria) - Early phase in some (Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Slovakia) Exempted categories/specific PA schemes Frequency of PA + Change in Frequency between civil service management and staff unions: higher flexibility

Standardized Procedure vs. flexibility in choice

PA as Communicaton and Learning Training Participatory PA Sources of Evaluation (40% traditional) Feedback in PA Accountability Mechanisms Uses of PA Information Názov prezentácie, Miesto

Accountability Mechanism

Uses of Performance Appraisal Information Promotion (24 countries) Poor Performance Measures (23 countries): leading to termination of employment (18 countries) Development (24 countries) Performance Related Pay (21 countries) Názov prezentácie, Miesto

Performance Related Pay   Absolute number INCREASE due to high performance Cumulative (as % of base pay) Bulgaria, Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden 4 Merit increment added to base pay (as % of base pay) Czech republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland 9 Lump sum bonus Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia 7 Change in a Compensation step (salary progression) Poland (senior only), Portugal, Slovenia 3 Change in a Career Grade with effect on pay (career progression) European Commission, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Serbia 5 DECREASE due to poor performance Decrease of salary Hungary, Latvia, Switzerland Merit increment withdrawal Czech republic, Slovakia 2 Progression frozen Malta 1 Downgraded (with effect on pay) European Commission, Greece, Lithuania

Remuneration – Vertical (de)compression

Policies Attracting Young People   (n= 29) # % Countries Yes 12 41% Austria, EC, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, No 17 59% Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,

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