NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN today around securing a new deal for public sector workers.
Talks between government and unions will attempt to provide a follow-up deal to the Landsdowne Road Agreement for Ireland’s over 300,000 public sector workers.
Topics up for discussion will be wages, conditions and the public service pension.
It has been reported that the controversial pension levy – brought in during the recession – may be wound down over the coming years, which would see workers bringing home more pay.
However, this may be at the expense of higher pension contributions from workers above a certain income threshold.
A report on pay found that workers on certain schemes should contribute more to their pension.
So what do you think?
Today we’re asking: Should the public service pension levy be scrapped?
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