A collegue of mine got married during the summer and got a week off work ... (pubic sector)
Why?The civil service gives you up to 5 extra days on your annual leave, but will only bring it to a max of 25 days, so if you normally have more than 25 days annual leave you get nothing.
Did they get the day off even if they were not invited to the wedding?
Why?
It's because of such waste of tax payers' money, that the country is in this mess.
Why?
It's because of such waste of tax payers' money, that the country is in this mess.
That is waste too - after all, those costs feed into what we have to pay for our goods and services and means prices are higher than they otherwise would be.
option 1 set up your own country" If I've no children why should i pay for teachers long holidays and salaries"
Incidentially my employer gave me 3 days additional leave when I got married but my pound of flesh is well and truly given
Tax payers' money (my money) should not be used to give public sector people extra, free, paid holidays.all this tied up in a rant about a small number of public servants being allowed a few extra days holiday when they get married that you yourself have been granted by your own employer!!
I don't even get 20 normally, ...
I'm a S class director, so this doesn't apply.The legal minimum leave is 20 days.
Tax payers' money (my money) should not be used to give public sector people extra, free, paid holidays.
I didn't get extra holidays for my wedding. I don't even get 20 normally, so why should I be forced to pay for public sector people to get extra?
It's wasteful and unfair.
The point is that no one in the public sector should get additional paid holidays for weddings.I didn't get any extra holidays for my wedding either, and I'm in the the civil service.
I always think of this as a kind of zero sum game. Maybe it would be easier - less admin - if public sector people just got paid less and didn't pay PRSI/PAYE.By the way, public servants pay tax at the same rate as everyone else, so I also pay for public sector workers to get what this thread has established that many in the private sector also get.
But of course this only makes sense if:
I doubt the first two points are true. The third certainly isn't.
- You feel that everything you buy is overpriced.
- That you never get value for money.
- ...and that you don't have choice.
But of course this only makes sense if:
I doubt the first two points are true. The third certainly isn't.
- You feel that everything you buy is overpriced.
- That you never get value for money.
- ...and that you don't have choice.
OK, so as I suspected, you don't seem to think that the 3 bullet points are true then. That's fine.I'll indulge this little OT a bit.
- Yes, almost everything is overpriced
- Yes, I rarely feel I get value for money
- When it boils down to it, how much actual choice is there out there. Gant v Tricot Marine? - they're still geansai's. Seven different colours of toilet roll - who cares? Consumerism replaces freedom of thought with freedom to consume goods, and sells the message that you can only really be an individual by being like everyone else and buying X brand. It's actually difficult to resist because the pressure to conform to the consumption model is everywhere, so in fact there's less choice than you think.
so you get the benefit of being able to claim a load of expenses against your income and probably end up with an effective tax rate of around 20%? and you complain about the tax system?I'm a S class director, so this doesn't apply.
Please tell me which mythical expenses I can claim? - I'd love to know.so you get the benefit of being able to claim a load of expenses against your income and probably end up with an effective tax rate of around 20%? and you complain about the tax system?
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