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does any public sector worker agree with the cuts to a certain degree?

bmmck · 2009-12-11 16:48:11

I am a ps worker and to be honest I do agree with certain amount of cuts but not to the people on less that 35k per year which I am one of. I was prepared to accept the income levy and the pension levy it was hard but I could handle it if I was careful but now there is another 5% on top of that...... for god sake there was…

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#32 15-12-2009 9:29pm
jimmycrackcorm

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pah wrote: »

What about next years €4 Billion though? Another 5% cut?

Next year will be PS Reform which will include redundancies. Standardising working hours for example to reduce overtime pay, centralizing IT and so on.

I'd like to see the whole increment system dropped too and replaced by a system of merited increases. The Bell Curve would seem appropriate for the Public Service.

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