We have the best paid teachers in the OECD. Is that necessary to retain, over a 10-15 year period, the right people for the job?i'd take the ratio between private and public sectors in the EU and apply it on wages over here ...
especially the teachers providing "world-class education" /if i hear this statement again i'll start screaming/ would be surprised, especially if they found out how much teachers in other EU countries have to work for their salaries ...
thirdly, call increments what they really are, pay rises
We have the best paid teachers in the OECD. Is that necessary to retain, over a 10-15 year period, the right people for the job?
A poor employer is one that does not run their business in an efficient way thus damaging the medium to long term prospects of their employees. If wages and pensions are being paid that are not economically sustainable then the business is being badly run and so they are bad employers. If staff are not being used efficiently then the business is being badly run and so they are bad employers. If staffing levels are higher than necessary because of structural inefficiencies then the business is being badly run and so they are bad employers.What does it do for industrial relations in the country as a whole if the government is a poor employer who cuts wages, pensions and staff??
That’s my question; are the market rates set at what is being paid by large multinationals that conduct most of their business out of the country or should they be set at what is being paid in the SME sector?I think they should be allied to the market rates for those skills. I don't want monkeys running the country (pay peanuts etc)
i'd take the ratio between private and public sectors in the EU and apply it on wages over here ...
especially the teachers providing "world-class education" /if i hear this statement again i'll start screaming/ would be surprised, especially if they found out how much teachers in other EU countries have to work for their salaries ...
best paid doesn't mean the best, am i right? ireland surely doesn't top the lists of best educated young people or most young people at the universities in OECD. also, their workload is by far one of the lowest in EU.
I think we should aim to spend whatever the European or OECD average percentage of GDP on our public sector and abolish both permanent contracts and public sector pensions.
Where possible, why not enforce contract-only (say 3 months) employment. That way market forces would come into play and the government would know based on its tax intake how much it could afford to pay. No pensions bill to worry about either. Uncertified sick leave would not be paid and with everyone on a contract there would be a lot less striking and stories of people dossing as there would be a chance every 3 months to cancel the contracts of such staff.
But are our teachers a credit to US? Which is more important."World Class education"
(I can hear you screaming right now)
Ireland comes 19th in the world when it comes to education not bad at all for a little country like ours.
We are a credit to our teachers....
Please give an example of where you think this would work.
Where possible, why not enforce contract-only (say 3 months) employment. That way market forces would come into play and the government would know based on its tax intake how much it could afford to pay. No pensions bill to worry about either. Uncertified sick leave would not be paid and with everyone on a contract there would be a lot less striking and stories of people dossing as there would be a chance every 3 months to cancel the contracts of such staff.
What we spend in a particular sector as a proportion of GNP or GDP is not the only issue. What proportion of our expenditure goes on wages is just as important. If we need X amount of teachers and we have Y amount of money to spend on salaries then we have to have an average teaching salary of Y divided by X. If we pay more than that then we won’t have enough teachers or we will have to spend out capital budget for education on salaries. That’s what’s happening at the moment; we have large classes and decrepit buildings because we are using too much of our money to pay salaries.
Two questions should be asked before pay increases are given (in any sector);
1) Is it necessary to retain and/or attract the right sort of people for the job and
2) Can we afford to pay it.
In the context of the last 7 years the answer to the both questions is no.
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