*Civil service global roundup: *the Czech lower house is debating a bill overhauling civil service employment rules
*Czech Republic: MPs clash over civil service bill*
The Czech lower house is debating a bill overhauling the rules for the employment of civil servants. Its approval in a first round of debate is a condition laid down by President Zeman for appointing ANO leader Andrej Babiš minister. But the legislation has met with fierce resistance from the opposition.
*Austria: different pay rises for former civil servants at Telekom Austria*
Workers at Telekom Austria will receive different pay rises depending on whether they are former public sector employees or regular staff, it was announced on Tuesday.
*Israel: civil servants accused of taking pleasure tours to Europe on pretext of Holocaust education*
The state has spent tens of millions of shekels in recent years subsidizing state employees' trips to Europe for "Holocaust education" that are essentially five-day vacations. In 2012, these subsidies totalled 8 million shekels ($2.3 million).
*Zimbabwe: calls for government to trim civil service and cultivate the economy*
Civil servants' demands for salaries and wages linked to the Poverty Datum Line which they have pegged at $540 are unsustainable and not practical within the 2014 national budget unless government drastically reduces its workforce, slashes executive expenditure and the economy grows by double digits.
*Malawi: delays to payment of civil service salaries*
Civil servants in Malawi will not get their January salaries until next month, in what has been described as a "payroll hitch".
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*Czech Republic: MPs clash over civil service bill*
The Czech lower house is debating a bill overhauling the rules for the employment of civil servants. Its approval in a first round of debate is a condition laid down by President Zeman for appointing ANO leader Andrej Babiš minister. But the legislation has met with fierce resistance from the opposition.
*Austria: different pay rises for former civil servants at Telekom Austria*
Workers at Telekom Austria will receive different pay rises depending on whether they are former public sector employees or regular staff, it was announced on Tuesday.
*Israel: civil servants accused of taking pleasure tours to Europe on pretext of Holocaust education*
The state has spent tens of millions of shekels in recent years subsidizing state employees' trips to Europe for "Holocaust education" that are essentially five-day vacations. In 2012, these subsidies totalled 8 million shekels ($2.3 million).
*Zimbabwe: calls for government to trim civil service and cultivate the economy*
Civil servants' demands for salaries and wages linked to the Poverty Datum Line which they have pegged at $540 are unsustainable and not practical within the 2014 national budget unless government drastically reduces its workforce, slashes executive expenditure and the economy grows by double digits.
*Malawi: delays to payment of civil service salaries*
Civil servants in Malawi will not get their January salaries until next month, in what has been described as a "payroll hitch".
• Want your say? Email us at public.leaders@theguardian.com.
*Join the Public Leaders Network** for more comment, analysis and **job opportunities**, direct to your inbox. Follow us on twitter via **@Guardianpublic**.* Reported by guardian.co.uk 11 hours ago.