ESRI Report on Pay Rates Rejected by INTO [INTO]
- Published: 22 September 2009
A report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) comparing private and public sector pay rates has been rejected by public service unions, including the INTO, primarily on the basis that the data used is out of date as it was compiled before the imposition of the pension levy on public servants earlier this year.
The unions also said that the way the figures were compiled has skewed the findings as it did not compare real jobs in the private and public sector, but rather relied on statistical data for comparison purposes.
The report claimed to have identified a 25 percent gap between public and private sector pay rates. The report claims that the gap was particularly marked among junior grades.
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