The Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE) recently released the following trends that state and local governments should keep an eye on in the upcoming year:

• Younger employees will dominate the workforce.
• Recruiting and retaining employees will be a top concern.
• Governments need a succession plan.
• More governments are hiring.
• Most pension plans are making modest progress to improve funding.
• How confident are state and local workers about retirement.
• About 25 percent of state and local employees are not covered by social security.

Learn more about these trends.