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THE public sector lags behind private companies when it comes to pay packages for older workers who are rehired, the labour movement said yesterday.
A survey of 118 firms conducted by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) last year found that close to eight in 10 unionised companies in the private sector did not reduce the pay of their older workers when they were rehired at 62.
In contrast, public servants faced pay cuts of up to 30 per cent when they were re-employed at the age of 62.
NTUC deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How produced the survey results yesterday to strengthen the union's call for change in the public sector.
"When compared to the private sector, actually they (the private sector) are doing better in this regard," said Mr Heng, who is also Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. "(The findings are) our additional basis to ask that the formula that they are currently using to determine re-employment pay be reviewed in the light of the findings for the broad private sector."
A survey of 118 firms conducted by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) last year found that close to eight in 10 unionised companies in the private sector did not reduce the pay of their older workers when they were rehired at 62.
In contrast, public servants faced pay cuts of up to 30 per cent when they were re-employed at the age of 62.
NTUC deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How produced the survey results yesterday to strengthen the union's call for change in the public sector.
"When compared to the private sector, actually they (the private sector) are doing better in this regard," said Mr Heng, who is also Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. "(The findings are) our additional basis to ask that the formula that they are currently using to determine re-employment pay be reviewed in the light of the findings for the broad private sector."
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