Sentences with phrase «year public sector pay»

The government have already announced some measures to cut the deficit, like a two - year public sector pay freeze.

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The cap was introduced by former prime minister David Cameron in 2010 and has resulted in public sector pay being frozen at one percent rises for the last seven years.

Pierlot wrote a paper for the CD Howe Institute in 2011 showing that a person with a salary of $ 75,000 at the end of a 35 - year career would accumulate more than $ 1.4 million in savings through a defined - benefit plan (wherein the pensioner is paid a set income based on past earnings and years of service, mostly confined to the public sector these days) compared to $ 674,711 for someone with no pension but a maxed - out Registered Retirement Savings Plan.

IG Metall's campaign follows a 6.3 per cent pay increase over two years secured for 2m public sector workers last month by Ver.di, the services union, after weeks of stoppages.

In order to win next year, Cameron needs to persuade at least some of the millions of public sector workers currently living under a one per cent pay freeze that their living standards will improve as well.

The chancellor announced plans to cap public sector pay at one per cent for two years, after the current pay freeze ends, and take steps to «rebalance» pay levels across the country.

«It is one of the reasons why public sector pay has risen at twice the rate of private sector pay over the last four years.»

«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.

Twelve - week paid family leave, enacted this year, would have been possible years ago with a full Democratic majority, and without carve - outs for the entire public sector and a 2021 phase - in.

Resisting the temptation to offer a traditional pre-election bribe, Osborne also announced that he was continuing with a freeze on public sector pay until 2017, meaning public sector workers will have seen their pay held back below inflation for seven years.

Public sector pay has been frozen for two years - one year longer than previously announced - but those earning # 18,000 or under will get assistance.

Public sector pay is being held at one per cent for a further year.

Is it because the public sector pay freeze and rising unemployment means that average earnings will be less than inflation over the next two years?

Let me make it clear to everyone who works in the public sector: we will honour existing pay deals, including any three year pay deals.

Public sector pay will be frozen for two years for those earning more than # 21,000 a year, the chancellor announced in today's Budget.

In 2011 and for two years onwards, public sector pay settlements will be capped at 2 per cent.

«But we've also said we're going to freeze public sector pay for a year, we've said we are going to ask people to retire a year later from 2016, we've identified some benefits like the child trust fund that we won't go on paying to better - off families.

The Financial Times suggested that in order to find additional cuts of # 30 - 40bn, the incoming government might have to cut public sector pay by 5 per cent, freeze benefits for a year, means - test child benefit, abolish winter fuel payments, and cut free TV licences and bus passes.

He said the deficit was still too high, which is why public sector workers face another year of pay restraint and welfare spending will be capped from 2015.

Strikes are rare and the decision to lose a day's pay is never an easy one - especially for public sector workers who have suffered many years of pay restraint.»

«We know they plan to get rid of a million public sector jobs and cut the value of public sector pay every year in the next parliament if they win the election.

In the days after the Budget, unease grew as Harriet Harman, the party's acting leader, and Chris Leslie, the shadow chancellor, signalled that Labour would not oppose Conservative policies such as the 1 per cent cap on public - sector pay rises for four years and the reduced benefit cap of # 20,000 (# 23,000 in London).

They have asked: if they are prepared to threaten strike action that could see six airports closed over a one per cent pay increase, what will they do when the cuts to the public sector as ushered in later this year?

«He confirms that the government is grabbing money from public sector workers to pay down a deficit they did nothing to create, even at a time when their pay is frozen for two years and many are facing job losses,» he said.

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«In February the AFPRB recommendations were accepted in full by the MoD to give all serving personnel a pay increase of 2.8 per cent, the third year running that armed forces pay increases have been amongst the best in the public sector.

«This coming year is going to be one of the most challenging years for the trade union movement - and public sector trade unions in particular - as the coalition government seeks to make the public sector and its workforce pay for the crisis, through cuts to jobs, services, pay and pensions.

Glaser says health - care benefits are «out of alignment» with private sector, as well as other states and federal benefits, and noted that there had been 14 percent increase in pay for public employees over the years.

The BCC also wants an immediate two - year pay freeze on public sector pay and a complete abolition of the April 2011 rise in national insurance contributions.

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.»

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.

So we will raise tax at the very top,, cut costs, have realistic public sector pay settlements, make savings we know we can and in 2011 raise National Insurance by half a percent and that will ensure that each and every year we protect and improve Britain's frontline services.

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Leanne Wood has been a consistent supporter of picket lines and union rallies over the years in defence of pay and conditions for public sector workers -LSB-...]

Meanwhile, official statistics show that in the first three months of this year, public sector pay rose by 1.4 per cent - whereas private sector pay did not rise at all.

Labour will lift the cap, but the Conservatives will instead cut public sector pay to «a level not seen in (at least) the last 20 years», which is «likely to exacerbate current recruitment and retention problems», warned the IFS.

Chancellor Georg e Osborne had triggered outrage in his 2011 Budget by confirming plans to cap public sector pay at one per cent for two years, after the current pay freeze ends, and take steps to «rebalance» pay levels across the country.

The government was yesterday warned against «macho posturing» over public sector pay, as union leaders criticised proposals to offer workers three - year pay deals.

«The reality is that Brown and Darling want to have public sector pay settled for politically expediency because there will be a general election within the next three years.»

With inflation rising and set to rise further, the Tories» plan to raise public sector pay by one percent a year to 2020 is likely to mean real terms cuts.

Speaking in the debate on public sector pay the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union revealed that the average pay award for teachers last year was a paltry 0.6 %, even lower than claims by ministers.

After all, Darling had announced a one per cent, two year pay cap and pensions cap on public sector workers.

The government risks further embarrassment this year as Mr Brown has been uncompromising in his insistence public sector workers such as nurses, police officers and prison guards must accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise to maintain inflation.

McCluskey, who launched a hard hitting attack on the Labour leadership in a Guardian article published in January following the decision in the New Year to endorse a continuation of the government's public sector pay freeze, admits that the stance has led to a fracturing of trust between Labour and trade unions.

Public sector workers will have pay frozen for two years - with the protection of 1.7 million earning less that # 21,000 who will receive a # 250 increase in both years.

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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.

Today the government asked public sector workers to accept a two - year pay freeze, with protection for the 1.7 million public servants earning less than # 21,000.

The relatively benign economic years of the recent past have meant the unions have not had to fund much strike pay and the coffers of the public sector unions, in particular, are overflowing.

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.