241 civil servants file suit over salary cuts
TOKYO —
A group of civil servants is suing the central government over a 7.8% cut in their monthly salaries. They say the salary reduction, which is not based on any recommendation by the National Personnel Authority, is unconstitutional. The NPA recommended only a 0.23% cut in salaries
The pay cut took effect in April. It is part of legislation, pledged last year by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, to cut the salaries of both Diet members and civil servants through March 2014 to show solidarity with cost-cutting efforts and help raise funds to finance reconstruction in the disaster-hit Tohoku region.
However, the 241 civil servants said in their suit at the Tokyo District Court that the cost of living has become higher, TBS reported.
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TumbleDry
How sbout Noda pushing to remove the dead wood too?
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bluesea67
Yes I haven't had a payrise in years but I guess that the way it is for foreigners
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Scrote
We'll be getting an 8% pay cut next month. The university said that "since most staff didn't suffer too much in last year's earthquake" it's OK to cut our pay. They did ask for our opinions, which they will completely ignore. We are not civil servants and the university is supposedly independent, yet we still get stuffed.
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