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Mr. Sherk is a senior policy analyst in labor economics at the Heritage Foundation.
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Even Sherk acknowledges, however, that some highly educated federal workers, such as engineers, lawyers and economists, earn less than their private sector counterparts.
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Investing in a new stimulus package, including federal contracts to build roads and such, might end with employed people being rehired, said James Sherk, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
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Rather than just freezing all pay, Sherk and other conservative analysts would like to see a complete overhaul of the federal pay system and a permanent reduction in what they claim are excessive federal pay rates.
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"Companies are going to have to get creative to find ways to compensate their employees, " if such a measure gets through, says James Sherk, a labor policy expert at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington, D.
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James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation pointed out that in 2011 and 2012 only 2.9 percent of all workers earned the minimum, and that figure included service workers who earned enough in tips to move them above the minimum.
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