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Allowances to be stripped from new entrants only into the Public Service

oppenheimer1 · 2012-09-03 20:31:06

It was reported tonight on RTE news that Brendan Howlin may decide to take allowances from new entrants to the public service, and leave them in place for those that are already there. Personally, I find this inherently unfair. Not only will new entrants be on lower pay scales than those already in the job, now they will…

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#62 06-09-2012 3:18pm
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woodoo wrote: »

I just don't like the idea of reneging on an agreement . My contract was an agreement between me and my employer.

Your employer is bankrupt.

The ineffective, spineless bureaucracy is piling on staggering debt in order to maintain your unsustainable wages.

You don't feel the need to consider the practical necessity of cutting the PS wage bill because you discount the possibility that you may be vulnerable to losing your job like a private sector worker would.

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