Public Sector Pay

It is perfectly true that public sector pay is way over the top particularly when you take into account the job security attached to working in the public sector as compared with the private sector and the advantages public sector employees have over their colleagues in the private sector when it comes to pensions. Will Hutton has said that those public sector employees should have their salaries reduced by up to 20% if they under perform. As any fule knows the devil is in the detail and fule will then ask how many times the under performance rule will be applied - never will be his reply. There is every reason for reducing public sector salaries as we all know that many public sector employees hardly work at all what with their sickies and this and that. A salary of considerably less than they are getting should be the norm if they are to continue to be given the level of job security they currently receive. Whether 20% is the right figure or not I do not know but it certainly should not be less and in my waters I feel a reduction of 33% is reasonable.