Dragging their heels on pensions
ON PAGE nine of the Guernsey Press of 30 January, I read with interest the fact that 'the States recruits 400 to 500 people per year through natural turnover'. The question I would like answered is, why have the States not introduced a new pension scheme for all new employees?
Based on the Policy Council's 2013 facts and figures booklet, there are (or there were) 5,466 staff. On a staff turnover of approximately 10% per year, it wouldn't take too many years before a high percentage of new employees were employed on new pension/ employment terms.
Existing staff could not complain that their contracts were being changed and the island's remaining taxpayers could look forward to seeing the current pension liability declining rather than continuing to increase as is currently the case. Since this issue was first raised and discussed, it appears that approximately 500 to 1,000 new staff have been employed on terms that the States of Guernsey consider to be too costly.
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