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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Standardized Procedure vs. flexibility in choice

5. 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

6. Accountability Mechanism

7. 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

8. 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

9. Remuneration – Vertical (de)compression

10. 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,

11. THANK YOU!