States 'too generous' pay to end

STATES employees receive too many pay rises and the system needs urgent reform, the Treasury minister has said.

And the deputy responsible for pay and conditions confirmed there were plans on the way to address the issue – although he could not reveal what they were.

Treasury minister Charles Parkinson (pictured) made his comments after figures revealed that the average cost to the taxpayer for each public sector worker rose to £43,351 last year, while the average wage for islanders in general was £27,430.

'One of the issues the States needs to deal with is incremental salary drift,' he said.

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