PSA calls for better remuneration across the public
sector
The release of the remuneration of public
service and state sector chief executives has been welcomed
by the PSA as great example of transparency but one that
reveals a large gap between the senior managers and other
staff in the state sector.
"The reality is that the
average chief executive is paid 6.3 times the average staff
member," said Glenn Barclay, PSA national secretary. "The
PSA recognises that these are some of the biggest jobs in
New Zealand and we know that that ratio would be much
greater in the private sector, but it is hard for our
members to look at those chief executive salary levels when
they are struggling to get a pay increase."
"The increase
in industrial action we are seeing this year is a reflection
of the pressure public servants are under and the challenges
involved with negotiating reasonable collective agreements
in the current political climate," Mr. Barclay
said.
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