Heather Kerrigan

Recent Articles

• Wisconsin Reignites the Residency Debate
• Mar 13, 2013
• Should public employees be required to live in the jurisdictions they serve? Gov. Scott Walker doesn't think so.
• 8 Comments

• Early Retirement Incentives Making a Comeback
• Feb 13, 2013
• Several municipalities offered early retirement incentives to public workers last year. What impact such incentives have on budgets and services, however, is up for debate.
• 6 Comments

• What Graduate Degree Program is Best for You?
• Feb 13, 2013
• How to decide between an MPA and an MPP degree.

• Smokers Need Not Apply: Government Hiring Bans
• Jan 16, 2013
• Governments argue that no longer hiring smokers would free up some much-needed funds.
• 12 Comments

• How Did 2012 Treat Public Employees?
• Dec 12, 2012
• Unions took a blow in Michigan this week. We review how the entire year impacted unions as well as government hiring, pensions and retirement.
• 4 Comments

• Government Unprepared for Boomers’ Mass Exodus
• Nov 30, 2012
• The mass exodus of baby boomers from the workforce has been a crisis in the making for years. Yet in many cases the public sector is still not prepared.
• 2 Comments

• Public Employee in Need of a Loan? Ask Virginia.
• Nov 14, 2012
• Virginia is likely the only state to offer its employees short-term, low-interest loans for noneducation-related reasons -- and at virtually no cost to the state.
• 7 Comments

• Why Public-Sector Strikes Are So Rare
• Oct 10, 2012
• Public employees don't have the right to strike in 39 states. What other options do they have for getting what they want?
• 6 Comments

• Albuquerque Teaches and Promotes Public Service
• Sep 12, 2012
• The city-funded "university" prepares public workers for the jobs they want and aims to reverse the sometimes negative view of government.

• Teleworking in Texas
• Aug 8, 2012
• The Lone Star State's health and human services agencies are looking to boost their virtual workforce, hoping to increase productivity and save money.
• 4 Comments

• Testing Employees to Find the Best
• Jul 11, 2012
• Albuquerque, N.M., was chosen as a pilot city to see if assessing job candidates' career readiness could reduce turnover as well as hiring time and training costs.
• 2 Comments

• Civil Service Reform: Lessons from Georgia and Indiana
• Jun 13, 2012
• Several states this year are changing how public employees are hired and fired. They may be able to learn a thing or two from states that already have.
• 10 Comments

• Civil Service Reform Comes to Tennessee
• May 8, 2012
• Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation to create a personnel environment more akin to the private sector.
• 7 Comments

• St. Louis County, Missouri Tackles the Age Gap in Government
• Apr 11, 2012
• Two employees created the St. Louis County Government Young Professionals Group to prepare tomorrow's leaders for today -- and with no budget.
• 1 Comments

• Results-Only Work Environment Goes Public Sector
• Mar 30, 2012
• The Results-Only Work Environment, which allows work to be done at nearly anytime and anywhere, has the potential to cut workforce costs and boost morale.
• 3 Comments