Sentences with phrase «private sector workers receive»

Nearly three - quarters of private sector workers receive paid sick days from their employers, though there is no federal mandate requiring it.

Even after the changes, the Pensions Policy Institute recently calculated that contributions to the teachers» pension scheme will be worth twice as much as a percentage of their salary as those the average private sector worker receives from their employer under a defined contribution scheme.

Not exact matches

What's more, state and local employees received $ 1.17 in new benefits for every dollar per hour pay increase from 2002 to 2008, compared to 58 cents for private sector workers.

State workers receive a platinum - level health care plan at a heavily subsidized cost, while Illinoisans in the private sector paying for those plans see their own premiums skyrocket.

Prisoners and people on welfare receive far better medical care and coverage than many private sector workers or self - employed people.

«It is low - paid private sector workers working beyond retirement age... who are subsidising public sector pensions while receiving none of the benefits.

Tory MPs, whose constituencies are predominantly made up of private sector workers, echoed Alexander's remarks that public sector workers would still receive a better pension than most in private sector.

Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private sector, where pay edged up by 1.1 %.

Even before the recession Labour had allowed public sector pay to catch up with private sector pay but had not forced public sector workers to sacrifice some of the securities they received as a traditional substitute for less remuneration.

(In their technical report, they present results indicating that teachers receive a 52 percent compensation and a 21.5 percent wage advantage over comparable private - sector workers.)

Research indicates that today's public - sector workers such as teachers receive less compensation — or combined pay and benefits — than similar workers in the private sector.25 Historically, public - sector jobs were attractive to workers due to their stability, their high - quality benefits such as defined - benefit pensions, as well as their intangible benefits such as pride in public service.

This is maybe a bit more than most private - sector workers receive, but it's not overly generous; it would be comparable to 5 percent employer match on a 401k plan.

In fact, the value of fringe benefits (as a percentage of wages) for the average public - school teacher is more than double the benefits package received by the typical worker in a large private - sector firm.

Public employee unions maintain retirement benefits far larger than those received by most private sector workers (and taxpayers).