Reviewed 12/2011
Merit Pay
Related MRSC Pages
- Washington Cities with "Merit Only" or "Combination Step/Merit Pay" Systems
- Employee Recognition & Suggestion Award Programs
Library Resources
Library Loan Request Form (Note: some of this material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)
Articles
- Merit Pay and Performance Evaluation: Enhancing Employee Motivation and Accountability in Municipal Government, by Michael Abels, Public Management, 04/1989
- Sugarplums & Lumps of Coal, by Elder Witt, Governing, 12/1989
- Making Merit Pay Work, by A. Arthur Geis, excerpt from Performance Evaluation: An Essential Management Tool, ICMA, 1988
- Pay for Performance: The Pros and Cons, by Thomas Rollins, excerpt from Pay & Benefits, ICMA,1988
- The Case for Merit Bonuses, by James S. Overstreet, excerpt from Pay & Benefits, ICMA, 1988
- Merit Systems and Personnel Appraisals in Local Government, Baseline Data Report, Vol 22, No. 6, 1991
- Merit Pay and Performance Evaluation: Enhancing Employee Motivation and Accountability in Municipal Government, by Michael L. Abels, Public Management, 04/1989
- The Jury is still Out on Merit Pay in Government, by Gilbert B. Siegel, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 7, No. 3, Summer 1987
- Why Merit Pay Plans are Not Working: A Search for Alternative Pay Plans in the Public Sector, a Symposium Part II, edited by Gerald T. Gabris, Review of Public Personnel Administration,Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 1987
Sample Policies
- Bothell Policy and Procedure Plan Policy 5.1 (
), Employee Classification and Salary Plan, 2000
- Tumwater Employee Position Classification and Salary Plan Sec. 5.04.02 (), Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, 2008 - Merit Increases
- Mercer Island Pay for performance plan () and Employee recognition award form ()