Place a Cap on all Public Service and State Sector Salaries
I have done a tiny bit of research on the highest paid salaries within our public sector. The highest salaries are generally accorded to people in roles equivalent to CEO, of which the highest remuneration was paid to the heads of Universities and Polytechs (earning roughly $400000 - $700000 per annum, that's about 10-20x the living wage salary - that's potentially 10-20 people worth of income that are then forced to live by the trickle down effect).
What grounded reasons can ever justify any additional INCREASES in these remuneration packages? Many of these salaries are huge quantities and I can't understand why anyone in their righteous mind would accept the magnitude of such values in the face of the inequality and in-opportunity that still exists in New Zealand. Surely the funds that are injected into these fat salaries could instead be distributed to other causes that would bring many benefits to more people.
Read this recent article:
http://www.inequality.org.nz/can-new-zealand-worlds-highest-paid-public-sector-ceos/
The remuneration figures of Public Service and State Sector Salaries as of June last year:
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/rem-senior-state-sector-staff-30june13.pdf
An article about the Auckland University Vice-Chancellor's salary:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/222341/auckland-university-vice-chancellor-tops-public-sector-pay
An article about the top Public Sector pay packets:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10839851
Poll Created Tue 5 Aug 2014 12:35PM
Cap all Public Service and State Sector Salaries at a maximum of $200k Closed Fri 8 Aug 2014 12:07PM
The spirit of this proposal received majority support and indications that the cap value should be tied to a multiple of a basic salary, such as the living wage. The opposition also recognised that large salaries are attractive to skilled people.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 67.9% | 19 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 28.6% | 8 |
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| Block | 3.6% | 1 |
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| Undecided | 0% | 584 |
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28 of 612 people have participated (4%)
William Asiata
Tue 5 Aug 2014 12:38PM
The salary cap value is an arbitrary choice, but it may be a reasonable place to start.
Stefan van der Wel
Tue 5 Aug 2014 1:08PM
if you want to attract talent away from the private sector you have to pay for it.
William Asiata
Tue 5 Aug 2014 1:20PM
The salary cap value is an arbitrary choice, but it may be a reasonable place to start the bidding.
William Asiata
Tue 5 Aug 2014 1:21PM
The $200k salary cap value is an arbitrary choice, but it may be a reasonable place to start the bidding.
Billy Mckee
Tue 5 Aug 2014 2:39PM
I would like to see a shrinking cap on high salaries.
maybe going down a certain percentage each year. It is disgusting, vile and unhealthy to have that much money.
Deleted account
Tue 5 Aug 2014 2:46PM
$200k may be too low.We should try to find a middle ground between reigning in excessive salaries while still attracting talented individuals.
Adele Etheridge
Tue 5 Aug 2014 8:13PM
I think it should be lower at $150K
Eric O'Kane
Tue 5 Aug 2014 8:45PM
Make them work for minimum wage like the majority of us! That'll keep them in touch with reality and also free up a whole lot of money for the Public and State Sectors
Colin England
Tue 5 Aug 2014 9:48PM
Especially when you consider that paying people the ridiculously high salaries that they get today actually seems to cause worse performance: