While that's not impossible, achieving this kind of expenditure control will require difficult choices and continued restraint in terms of
public sector compensation.
Another reason for that intolerably high public
sector compensation premium — Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized -LSB-...]
They're «exempt from the costs of their decisions,» says the Fraser executive v - p, who is the co-author of the public
sector compensation report as well.
State policymakers need to consider whether loading public
sector compensation at the backend is worthwhile, or whether more funds should be paid upfront through salaries.
Here's the gist: «Public - sector pay is not the cause of state budget deficits because public -
sector compensation did not significantly increase in recent years.»
In 2014, the Ontario government began the process of developing public
sector compensation frameworks to ensure a consistent approach to executive compensation.
«We are also pleased to see that the government has taken the difficult step to address some inequities within
public sector compensation, as The Vancouver Board of Trade has specifically requested for years.»
Contrast this with Newfoundland and Labrador, where the Liberals responded last year to financial shambles with much higher taxes and fees, and Saskatchewan, where Premier Brad Wall wants to scrub a deficit by demanding a 3.5 - per - cent cut to public
sector compensation, through lower salaries or unpaid days off being dubbed «Wallidays.»
Given that nearly three - quarters of the workers in the public sector are unionized, asking the unions to contribute to the solution, rather than maintaining the adversarial relationship, is critical to the longer - term sustainability of public
sector compensation.
They are touting the budget, which has slowly leaked out since late March, as a plan that will provide the necessary cash injection to grow Ontario's economy while holding the line on public
sector compensation and finding other savings to staunch the red ink on schedule.