| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Is anyone surprised? | |
| Posted by: | Christopher Gillie | |
| Date/Time: | 27/07/18 00:02:00 |
| Having looked at it further, it seems that there have been no increases for 12 years, and there was a 10% cut in 2010. On that basis the increase compared with 2006 is an average 0.75% increase over the last 12 years. I can see a case for not increasing it (or even cutting it), to encourage people motivated by civic duty instead of money. I can also see a case that this would discourage people from giving up their time to do so, particularly people on low incomes. I think it is right that people doing similar jobs should be paid similar amounts of money, and comparing them to bankers and their bonuses is not an ideal comparison. Perhaps that could be valid for a Chief Executive of a council, but not a councillor. Knowing now that it works out as a 0.75% annual increase on average since 2006, seems quite reasonable and is actually below inflation, so is still a real terms cut, so while the headline figure of 19% seems absurd, now that I know more of the context of it, what I find disappointing is the absurd management of the pay process rather than the pay itself. |