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plated public sector pensions?
The Government's reform of the gold
plated public sector pensions are not tough enough.
Not exact matches
Proposals: Chancellor George Osborne will publish plans that could see
public sector workers transferred to less generous pensions Public sector workers could see their «gold - plated» pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and char
public sector workers transferred to less generous
pensions Public sector workers could see their «gold - plated» pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and char
Public sector workers could see their «gold -
plated»
pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and charities.
The Conservatives would tear up gold -
plated pension deals for highly paid
public sector workers as part of a wider spending squeeze.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says «gold -
plated»
public sector pensions are «unfair» on private
sector workers, but the unions call his statement «scaremongering».
DB schemes have all but disappeared in the private
sector, but the
public sector held on for much longer, hence the oft - repeated «gold
plated pension'tag.
No matter what you think of the continued existence (barely) of «gold
plated» final salary
pension schemes in the
public sector, having the rug pulled from under a key plank of your career choice's remuneration scheme is just cause for complaint.
There has recently been a spate of articles on the internet about how jealous people are of
public sector «gold -
plated pensions» in Canada.