The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is intended to provide Federal managers with the flexibility to improve Government operations and productivity while, at the same time, protect employees from unfair or unwarranted practices.
The FLRA is involved in every aspect of the labor management relationship that exists between the federal government and its workers. The CSRA is so important because it was one of the largest reforms in Federal personnel regulations since the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.
The U.S. Civil Service Commission was established under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The commission was created to provide oversight for the newly-implemented merit selection system for federal civil service employees.
History. On March 3, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the first U.S. civil service reform legislation, which had been passed by Congress. The act created the United States Civil Service Commission, that was implemented by President Grant and funded for two years by Congress lasting until 1874.
The present federal civil service system is much the same as in 1883. Only two new elements have been added—retirement and position-classification. However, the merit system has been vastly expanded, both in giving protection from spoils and politics and in requiring competitive tests and efficiency on the job.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 abolished the U.S. Civil Service Commission and distributes its functions primarily among three agencies: the newly established Office of Personnel Management, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the EEOC.
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.
The Civil Service delivers public services and supports the government of the day to develop and implement its policies. The work civil servants do touches all aspects of life in the UK, from education and the environment, to transport and defence. Civil servants are politically impartial.
civil service, the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial. In most countries the term refers to employees selected and promoted on the basis of a merit and seniority system, which may include examinations.
Characteristics of Civil ServicePermanency/security of tenure.Political neutrality.Anonymity.Hierarchy/classism.Merit system.Strict regulation/procedures.Impartiality.Expertise.More items...