Making sense of public employee compensation is no easy task.
Government Workers
The treatment of and perks for U.S. government employees
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California’s public payroll database falls short on transparency
Four years after a small working-class town near Los Angeles became a cautionary tale of government excess, a state effort to avoid a repeat performance is falling short.
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Few rules mean hefty payouts for some California public employees
Although the salaries of government employees are public, most taxpayers know little about whether these paychecks, which typically represent more than a third of communities’ spending, are fair.