Almost half think public sector pay is not enough

A survey by specialist publication Employee Benefits has found that almost half (46%) of organisations do not think recent public sector pay rises go far enough to support employees. Meanwhile, the online magazine reports, 45% think the reverse – that they do go far enough to support staff – and 9% were undecided.

Employee Benefits explained that the survey was carried out against the backdrop of the government offering over a million public sector workers pay rises of between 5% and 7%. It added that these include consultants, dentists and GPs in England, prison officers in England and Wales, armed forces, senior civil servants, junior doctors in England and school teachers in England, who it categorises as receiving rises of 6%, 7%, 5% and a £1,000 consolidated increase, 5.5%, 8.8%, and 6.5%, respectively.