It requires a tough decision to put the priority on jobs ahead of public sector pay.

I'd be very surprised if he manages to keep to the 1.5 per cent increase in public sector pay.

This includes savings from further restraint on public sector pay.

New government has announced freeze on public sector pay and minimum wage.

They want to try making ends meet on average private sector pay, and living off the pension that provides!

Q: When will local public sector pay come in?

The increases would be triggered when private sector pay in that area is at least one percent higher than the wages for similar Federal jobs.

On public sector pay, he says some workers see their pay go up because it is related to length of service.

Where public sector pay is concerned we dont want a "race to the top"

Most private sector pay is also frozen making things no better for these workers to.