Public Sector Pay Cuts

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Amazing!!! 28% that earn lower than £45k will see pay cuts.
The 72% that earn more than £45k will see increases or stay the same.

Unbelievable!!!

I can almost laugh when I read that this newer low wage will be protected for a year. Any lower (for those in my wife's lineof work) and it would be below min wage so not sure how that's supposed to comfort anyone.

But hey I can rest assured that at least senior management wages were "looked at" in 2008

[Biker Biggles]

I bet senior management pay went up a fair bit when it got "looked at".Strange how that happens when senior management "look at" each others pay.Is your missus in a union?

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Is your missus in a union?

No, which is suprising really -everyone public sector and non-management is back home.

[Shellywoozle]

I know we are on a pay freeze and the pension is being increased by 4% which equates to £100 a month.

I just saw on the news about the visit of the Pope and how much that will cost .... wonder who is paying for that cause it aint the Church is it

Priorities in order I think ..... wonder if they will pay for me to visit my Dad in the States

[Biker Biggles]

Id join one asap.Which unions organise in that workplace?
BTW the pay cut seems to be part of an ongoing re evaluation which she should have been consulted about,and her job should have been evaluated by a panel qualified to do so.That may have been done as a group rather than individually but she should have known something about it,and have a right of appeal if she can show evidence that it is wrong.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by CheGuevara

But hey I can rest assured that at least senior management wages were "looked at" in 2008

Looked at, and they'll probably say, no where near enough dosh. Here have some more

Chief Exec of Ipswich Borough council was one of those named as earning more than the PM. Makes my blood boil

Time for a revolution, a peasants revolt

+1 on getting your Missus to join the Union

[timwilky]

Private industry has for some time had sod all help, many are lucky to still have jobs, have been on pay freezes, redundancies etc. Years ago, public industry jobs lagged behind on pay but with the benefit of a job for life and decent pension.

These days the public industries have overtaken the private, but maintained the added benefits. I am not surprised the axe is finally been wielded.

[Messie]

I may be wrong so am more than happy to be corrected, but here's what I know
# Sure Start is part of Education not Health
# There are proposed pay freezes for some in education from Sept and for other from now
# I know of no pay CUTS for teachers but I can't say the same for support staff
# there is an expected 25% cut in the overall Education budget across the board. Not sure how this affects individuals tough

Don't forget, the majority of this government were voted in, and they said the cuts would hurt!

[maviczap]

Depend where the axe falls, our dept has been cut to the quick. So much so, that the operational side in our area can't do its job effectively.

The net effect, will be a loss of revenue the HM Govenment, plus other folk losing their livelyhood because we're not doing our job.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Id join one asap.Which unions organise in that workplace?
BTW the pay cut seems to be part of an ongoing re evaluation which she should have been consulted about,and her job should have been evaluated by a panel qualified to do so.That may have been done as a group rather than individually but she should have known something about it,and have a right of appeal if she can show evidence that it is wrong.

A few years ago we had to go thru something similar... Agenda for Change. A few people were moved down a grade but had their current pay protected for a year.

That`s a shocking article and i`m amazed they can do this. The council spokeswoman`s lack of empathy is unbelievable... she almost sounds like she wants some employees to resign!