TUC's Brendan Barber to get £100,000 pay-off

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

As conference ends, BBC takes a lil swipe at the out-going Gen Sec...not that I disagree with the implied (or blatant) hypocrisy, just odd how partisan the BBC can seem and how the 'party' seems to change regularly. I guess they call that 'balance'.

The TUC has confirmed outgoing General Secretary Brendan Barber will get a pay-off worth just over £100,000 when he stands down at the end of the year.
It is standard practice at the TUC when a General Secretary stands down for them to be paid a year's salary.
Mr Barber currently earns £100,526.
TUC President Paul Kenny said: "The established arrangements which cover the retirement... provide for the award of a year's salary upon completion of satisfactory service."
He added: "In common with all terms and conditions for the General Secretary this will be reported to the Certification Officer for inclusion in his annual report."
The pay-off is in addition to pension earned.
Earlier this week, at the TUC Congress in Brighton, Mr Barber characterised Britain as a country of "stratospheric inequality where the rich float free and the poor sink further into penury".

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19584508)

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Do all public sector workers get a years' salary upon retirement?

The amount is rather huge, as is the salary, but is it outside of normal public sector pay terms?

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

My mum worked for the tax office and the job centre, her salary will be something ridiculous that amounts to little over £1500 a year. Her salary was something like £16000 a year.

This is what I hate about the unions and their bureaucracy - its hard to see how they can say that they represent the workers at the bottom. Public sector workers get shitty pensions and they have to pay for them while they're working. These workers get shit from the right-wing press who claim that they rake it in and at the same time, their 'representatives' make a killing.

[Vanguard1917]

Socialists didn't say "workers' reps on workers' pay" for nothing. Would characters like Barber even be "trade unionists" without those top salaries? No (which would be a good thing, in case you were wondering).

[bricolage]

Do all public sector workers get a years' salary upon retirement?

The amount is rather huge, as is the salary, but is it outside of normal public sector pay terms?
no. a lot of public sector jobs still have final salary pension schemes (although for how much longer it's unclear) but not like this. I'm not sure if I've got this wrong but is this a lump sum pay off that's on top of his pension? if so then most definitely public sector workers don't get that.