ISME calls for public sector pay reform
29/12/2006 - 13:15:56Business association ISME has said public sector pay poses the biggest internal threat to the economy and has called on the Government to address the issue by reforming the sector.
"A massive 47% gap has been allowed to develop between the private and public sector in the last number of years" said ISME boss Marl Fielding, "due in the main to the now infamous benchmarking process.
"Public sector pay resembles a runaway train, stoked by the unions, with nobody capable of putting on the brakes. The massive increases awarded have led to an unfair two-tier parallel wage negotiation system which favours the public sector."
