Figures expose fall in public sector pay in relation to minimum wage

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Inflation in the year to October 2011 at 2% has lead to an automatic increase in the minimum wage to €1393.82 a month. This has major implications for the public sector where pay has failed to keep pace with inflation for many years. Even the government acknowledges that nearly a fifth of all public sector workers (890,000 out of five million) will see their pay increase as a result of the rise in the minimum wage. The CGT points out that this exposes the extent to which public sector pay has fallen behind developments in the minimum wage. The starting point for workers classified as category B is now just 3% above the minimum wage compared to 23% in 1986.
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