Sentences with phrase «while public sector pay»

And by saying that the 50p tax rate could not be abolished while the public sector pay freeze was in place, he also hinted that it could be abolished in 2012.

Local government and devolved administration budgets are also likely to be slashed, while public sector pay is also likely to bear a big burden of the cuts.

Not exact matches

And while many mothers were enabled through such measures to stay in, or return to, the paid workforce, typically they were consigned to a «mummy track» characterized by relatively low - paid, low - skilled, shorter - hours work in the public sector.

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

This is an indication that if Labour were in power now, while they wouldn't be cutting so hard and fast, they would effectively cut the pay of public sector workers.

Commenting on the announcement of the draft Scottish budget for 2013/14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers» union in Scotland, said: «While the Scottish Government has been placed in a difficult position by the Westminster Government's imposition of its austerity measures, it is deeply disappointing that the Scottish Government has chosen to follow the Coalition's flawed economic policies by imposing another year of pay freeze on public sector workers.»

«Spending in the wider economy is also hit because millions of public sector workers are enduring a pay freeze - while inflation is high and the cost of household necessities, like energy, are soaring.

Public sector pay will be frozen for two years for staff earning over # 21,000, while the government will accelerate the increase in the state pension age to 66.

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

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p [tax] rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs,» he said.

A little while ago I recommended a 5 % temporary cut in MPs» pay as a sign of moral leadership from Parliament during a time when the public sector would need to be slimmed down.

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The government is accused of «scandalous» cuts to public services as the Chancellor George Osborne unveils billions of pounds worth of savings to the sector while also freezing pay for two years.

But we could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

It said: «The union's concern about the political direction of the Government, as well as the industrial concerns over continued calls for pay restraint in the public and private sectors while inflation busts through the Government's targets.

Public sector pay rises will be capped to one for two years from 2011, while the 40 per cent income tax threshold will be frozen the following year - hitting anyone earning over # 43,000.

Handing politicians a # 10k pay rise is completely unacceptable while other public sector workers are facing pay restraint.

That's right: While the private sector slashed jobs, trimmed benefits, renegotiated contracts, cut pay, and sometimes declared bankruptcy, the education part of the public sector actually fattened.

A Wall Street Journal / NBC poll discovered that while Americans want public employees to pay more for retirement benefits and health care, 77 percent said unionized state and municipal employees should have the same rights as union members who work in the private sector.

A 2014 analysis published in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics» Monthly Labor Review shows that the same goes for teachers: while there is a pay gap between teachers and other comparable professions, «the difference is mitigated if they are employed in the public sector — and more so if they have union representation as well.»

Some provinces (Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) have specific pay equity legislation, while other provinces (Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and British Columbia) have some policies for negotiating pay equity for public sector employees.