20% higher pay in the public sector

A study by has found that pay rates in the public sector are around 20% higher than in the private sector.

What is amazing about is that in most countries, public sector pay are well below private sector. This is because they tend to have greater security of tenure, are not linked to earning revenue, and have lots of such as longer holidays and funding for tertiary study.

To have public sector pay rates 20% higher than the private sector, shows how merrily the Government has been trying to get the happy. That is the same PSA which will shortly be campaigning against National's cuts.

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