Public Defenders Get Better Marks When on Salary
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A study found that lawyers paid by the hour achieve worse results for their clients and are more expensive for taxpayers when compared to federal public defenders.
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There are ways to secure higher pay even when all other employees receive the same annual increase, says Sue Shellenbarger. Plus, more on work and family.
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Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom.
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A movement gaining momentum in Congress and some school systems in the Washington region and beyond would boost pay for exceptional teachers in high-poverty schools, a departure from salary schedules based on seniority and professional degrees that have kept pay in lockstep for decades.
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Harvard University's endowment paid its two top investment managers about $25 million each last year, less than the pair earned a year ago, but still enough to irritate critics who consider the compensation excessive.
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Learn what your peers are earning for doing your job.
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More U.S. workers are getting pay raises based on how well they do their jobs, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday, Feb. 8:  Do people earning more than $200,000 a year deserve a welfare check from Uncle Sam? Of course not.
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Police pay should be based on performance, not length of service, a think tank says.
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Â· Late compensation cases can go ahead, law lords sayÂ· Local authorities face rise in sex abuse payouts
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Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), chairman of the House federal workforce subcommittee, is increasingly skeptical of pay-for-performance systems in the federal government. He's also a little frustrated.
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FRESNO, Calif. _ In a federal courtroom, Greg Adair looks like someone who might be more comfortable dangling from a 3,000-foot granite wall than sitting at the plaintiff's table.  The long hair, the rock-climber physique and the suit and tie just don't seem to mix.
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Johannesburg - Public sector unions will on Monday start consulting with their members on whether to accept or reject the latest 6.2% wage increase offer by government.
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If you're angling for a raise or hunting for a better-paying job, chances are you've wondered what your peers are earning. Salary Web sites claim to tell you just that, but whether or not you're getting a clear picture of the money depends on who you ask.
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One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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Even the guilty deserve a competent defense  In your March 2 editorial "In defense of the poor," concerning the  current cap on fees for appointed counsel, you state that the cap was "[n]o  problem, if the person who has to do the time actually did the crime." Under the U.S.
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They're known as "New York's Finest," but their starting pay isn't.