Open season for the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program has been deceptively dull. With the average increase for health insurance programs at a modest 3.8 percent for 2012, complaints by workers also have been modest, even though their salaries are frozen through the end of next year. Perhaps they remember this year’s 7.3 percent hike. Read full article > >

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Open enrollment for federal health benefits starts quietly

D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange , who appears to be angling for a future run for mayor or D.C. Council chairman, wants to limit council members to two consecutive terms but make their jobs “full-time” and raise their salaries to as much as $170,000 a year. Orange, who returned to the council in April after more than four years in the private sector, gathered reporters Monday morning to announce his agenda for what he called “a new deal for the District of Columbia.” Read full article > >

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Orange seeks council term limits, pay raises

Ecuador’s government agrees to increase police and army salaries just days after a police rebellion over the scrapping of bonuses.

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Ecuador raises armed forces pay

The Indian cabinet clears a proposal to raise the salaries of members of parliament by more than 300%.

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Indian MPs get 300% salary hike

Women managers face a wait of more than 50 years for their salaries to equal their male colleagues, a study says.

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Female pay ‘unequal’ for 57 years