New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced a new effort to draw more police officers into the force with changes to the Police Department's pay and job classification structure.Landrieu was joined by ...

Top Senate Democrats put in place increased salary ranges, an expanded job classification system, and a handful of new benefits for staff members, with officials pitching the updates released ...

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro recently sent out reminder letters to agencies that have not acted on General Accountability Office “high priority” recommendations. One that caught my attention ...

For decades, most state and local governments have had a one-size-fits-all job classification system. The typical IT department included titles like Technology Officer IV or Systems Analyst III with ...

The Office of Personnel Management initiative to define federal government cybersecurity jobs is a needed step toward the creation of occupation categories for government IT security professionals.

County officials are at an impasse over a job classification and compensation study. The Johnson County Commissioners on Monday put off a decision on a professional services agreement with Waggoner ...

The city of Duluth has created a new full-time unskilled laborer position that supporters say is needed to fill potholes, clean out storm sewers and create entry-level jobs for the less fortunate that ...

Two lawsuits filed against Indianapolis strip clubs are putting a spotlight on an increasingly common legal question: When is an independent contractor really an employee covered by minimum-wage and ...

A job evaluation involves the use of a systematic process to determine the importance, monetary worth and complexity of jobs in an organization relative to one another. It uses objective criteria to ...

Companies use both job evaluations and performance reviews to determine employee salaries and wages. The first is a newer process than the second and more objective. HR professionals use job ...