The CISL public service federations has published the latest issue of its bilingual collective bargaining newsletter that reports on developments covering chief officers across the public sector. Negotiations covering chief officers in the ministries, regional and local administrations, non-economic public bodies and tax agencies, and non-medical managers of the national health system are all set to take place with the initial agreement in the ministries setting the main standard. Here the pay increases were in line with other public sector deals: 4.85% in 2006-2007 and 3.2% in 2008-2009. In the health sector the unions are finding it difficult to come to agreement with the employers over pay for workers who work mainly for the public sector and so forego possible additional income from private sector work.
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