Other Provisions Also Might Resurface

Other civil service reform proposals that also might resurface in the new Congress include: greater authority to designate positions as “critical” and meriting higher salaries; widened authority to pay recruitment, relocation and retention bonuses; requiring agencies to put greater emphasis on employee training; improving leave benefits for those joining the government in mid-career; and correcting provisions in current law that discourage employees later in their careers from switching to part-time work as a way of phasing into retirement.