Public Pay Fears Three-quarters of public sector workers expecting the worst during the election year.Public sector jobseekers are worried that election year 2010 will lead to wage freezes and job cuts.
This is according to research commissioned by totaljobs.com in which three-quarters of 8,000 public sector jobseekers questioned expected to see pay frozen or reduced as a result of the election and many expect their jobs to become more insecure.
A staggering 38 per cent of public sector workers remain undecided as to how they will vote, making them a target for the parties.
John Salt, website director at totaljobs.com, said: “Traditionally, the public sector has been counter-cyclical, investing during recessions in an attempt to pull the rest of the economy up. That is what we have seen recently with the public sector continuing to recruit and raise wages. But with public finances stretched as never before, we are starting to see signs of the public sector contraction we predicted at the end of last year. “ Source: rec-con.co.uk
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