The following profiles summarise public sector human resource management practices and policies in OECD member and partner countries. The profiles include information on the following issues:

• The legal framework governing public employment
• The composition of public employment, including the gender and age structure of government employment
• Public sector restructuring efforts
• The organisation of HR management
• HR management practices such as recruitment, compensation, and performance management
• Senior management
• Industrial relations
• Reforms and challenges

 

‌ Australia	‌ Austria	‌ Belgium
‌‌ Brazil	Canada	‌ Chile
‌ Czech Republic	‌ ‌Denmark	Estonia
Finland	France	‌ Germany
‌ Greece	‌ Hungary	Iceland
‌ Ireland	Israel	‌ Italy
Japan	Korea	‌ ‌Mexico
‌ Netherlands	New Zealand	‌ Norway
Poland	Portugal	Russia
‌ Slovak Republic	Slovenia	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey
United Kingdom	United States

 

 

These profiles are based on information provided by countries in response to the 2010 OECD Survey on Strategic Human Resources Management in Central/Federal Governments and updated in 2012. For a detailed description of the sources and methodology, see our methodological notes.