tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post97655455494644405..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: MOD bonuses - why do people talk such nonsense?Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-27608690163801120022009-11-12T18:25:26.075+00:002009-11-12T18:25:26.075+00:00Andrew,
Because they haven't frozen or scrapp...Andrew,<br /><br />Because they haven't frozen or scrapped pay awards. These are increasingly part of three-year pay awards, mostly imposed rather than accepted - the last two HMRC pay awards have been imposed, for example.<br /><br />So, when you read that a recent civil service pay deal is for, say 1%, that's the increase in paybill - at the upper end of the pay scale, that's likely to mean no pay rise at all, and the bonus pot is included.Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-3230833345337959892009-11-12T15:34:50.004+00:002009-11-12T15:34:50.004+00:00I don't have an issue with them being awarded ...I don't have an issue with them being awarded bonuses, I do have an issue when soldiers serving on the frontline are having to go and buy bits of personal uniform themselves.<br /><br />The Government were quick to freeze and scrap other pay awards in other departments, why not these?Andrew Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693106687465032781noreply@blogger.com