Public sector workers continue to be paid more than their private sector counterparts despite the introduction of a two year state pay freeze, research published today suggested.
The public sector ‘premium' - the additional pay a typical public sector worker receives over a private sector worker - is at 8.9% when measured by hourly wages, according to conservative leaning think-tank Policy Exchange. Data from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed that for those toward the bottom of the income distribution, the gap rose to 16.3%. A Freedom of Information request also suggested that despite the introduction of a two-year public sector pay freeze, total public sector pay may still have increased. While standard pay had been frozen, bonus pay at th...
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