Liberal commentator Will Hutton has unveiled his report
into public sector pay, calling for the ability to track and publish the pay multiples of both public and private companies.
Not exact matches
«It will be
paid for by further years of austerity,
public services brought to near collapse,
public sector pay cuts and a welfare cap that bites
into the safety net that any of us might need.
There was a fair few ifs and wishes in the announcement but Sturgeon and her administration didn't duck some big issues such as scrapping the
public sector pay cap, banning petrol and diesel cars and even looking
into a universal basic income.
Oh, and the
public -
sector unions would be able to continue their campaign ground operations, which are of inestimable value, even as challengers would have to
pay for every boot on the ground, eating
into their spending cap.
They also admit that money cut from pensions will go to the Treasury to help
pay off the deficit, not
into pension schemes, which the union says amounts to a tax on working in the
public sector.
«But a centralised
pay cap on
public sector staff is unfair, inefficient and will damage long - established independent review systems - which already take affordability
into account.
But Government sources said these were merely guidelines, and it would not require legislation to tear them The plans would allow a new employer to transfer
public sector staff to a less generous contributory scheme where they
pay into a pot with no final guarantees.
He described the new pension deal for state employees as «a proper reward for a lifetime's commitment to serving the
public» — yet to get the same reward, a private
sector worker would have to
pay a third of their salary
into their pension pot.
The Statement also set out plans to limit
pay rises in the
public sector, a move that has angered the teaching profession after what the Times Educational Supplement has described as «four years of
pay freezes and marginal one per cent salary increases since the coalition came
into power.»
Over 6 million
public sector workers are not covered by Social Security, including about 1.2 million
public school teachers; in 15 states,
public sector workers do not
pay into or receive benefits from the system.
More likely, over time, the measure will lay the groundwork for introducing more private -
sector innovations, such as merit
pay and the elimination of tenure and salary schedules,
into public education in Colorado.
The
public sector apprenticeship target was introduced in tandem with the apprenticeship levy, which forces schools and trusts with a payroll of over # 3 million to
pay a 0.5 - per - cent tax
into a central pot each year.
Some of their most significant projects involve promoting charter schools to inject market competition and «choice»
into the
public sector, as well as using cash bonuses (merit
pay) for teachers and to «incentivize» students.
If
public sector teacher unions want a higher minimum wage, this can only result in taxpayers
paying for such an increase — turning the «needs of real people»
into «higher taxes.»
Assume this borrower worked in the
public service job for 10 years and then moved
into a position in the for - profit
sector that doubled his
pay.
The government is introducing the draft regulations, which would allow it to reclaim exit payments, in response to concerns that highly -
paid public sector executives were walking
into new roles within months of receiving five - figure sum exit payments to leave their previous roles.
All UK companies and
public sector organisations with 250 or more employees are required to publicly report on their gender
pay gap as a result of new government legislation that came
into effect in April 2017.
Probably more true for litigators that jump
into public sector, since from the folks I've talked to, it seems like in - house corporate gigs still
pay well.