Industry and Employment Correspondent
When negotiations opened for a successor to the Public Service Stability Agreement in recent weeks, it was inevitable that there would be demands for real pay increases beyond the restoration of cuts imposed during the austerity era, as well as the rolling back of unpopular measures imposed the crisis.
The Government, for its part, would inevitably need an affordable deal, particularly given the parlous state of the Exchequer finances due to Covid-19 and Brexit.
It wanted to copper-fasten reforms, particularly those fast-tracked to tackle the coronavirus challenge.
When fully implemented in 2023, it will add €900m a year to the public sector bill.
Unions representing many nurses, teachers and other State workers in Laois and Portlaoise agree on new pay deal with Government
Prison Officers and Gardaí to also be consulted on the outcome
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Public service unions and employers have agreed on proposals for a two-year deal on pay with the Government according to a statement released by SIPTU.
Under the deal, there will be two general rounds increase worth 1% of gross pay or €500 a year, whichever is the greater in October 2021 and 2022. Provision for the equivalent of a 1% increase in annualised basic salaries through a ‘sectoral bargaining fund in February 2022 has also been agreed.
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