Civil Servants vs the market

From the OECD:  Towards Employment Conditions in Central Governments that Are Closer to General Employment  

The graph below plots the number of differences between statutory public employment and employment rules in the private sector. The topics analysed were:

·         General government employment falls under public law, while private sector employment falls under private law

·         Dispute resolution is referred to administrative court as opposed to regular courts

·         Different hiring rules

·         Hiring rules restrict employment to avoid hiring staff with conflicts of interest

·         Different rights and duties (right to strike, unions, etc.)

·         Different guarantees in favour of lifelong employment

·         Special benefits including social security and pension

The higher the value the more differences in rules between private labour and public labour.

And how does the number of hours compare?

country	Civil Servant Average hours worked per year (adjusted)	Country Average hours worked per year	%dif  Country avg. vs Civil Servants
Greece	1678	2032	21.1%
Mexico	1862	2250	20.9%
Korea	1814	2090	15.2%
Hungary	1770	1980	11.9%
Portugal	1545	1711	10.7%
Estonia	1750	1924	10.0%
Poland	1814	1937	6.8%
Finland	1578	1684	6.7%
Iceland	1629	1732	6.3%
Italy	1676	1774	5.9%
Turkey	1798	1877	4.4%
OECD countries	1742	1776	1.9%
Spain	1663	1690	1.6%
Chile	2048	2047	0.0%
Canada	1706	1702	-0.2%
Czech Republic	1782	1774	-0.4%
Japan	1736	1728	-0.4%
Slovak Republic	1806	1793	-0.7%
Ireland	1565	1543	-1.4%
Australia	1730	1693	-2.2%
United Kingdom	1667	1625	-2.5%
United States	1840	1787	-2.9%
Israel	1953	1890	-3.2%
New Zealand	1838	1762	-4.1%
Sweden	1735	1644	-5.2%
Belgium	1674	1577	-5.8%
France	1573	1476	-6.2%
Denmark	1631	1522	-6.7%
Slovenia	1802	1662	-7.8%
Austria	1786	1600	-10.4%
Switzerland	1913	1632	-14.7%
Norway	1674	1426	-14.8%
Netherlands	1654	1379	-16.6%
Germany	1814	1413	-22.1%