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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marcelito
Central civil servants in Japan are a bunch of way overpaid , overpriviliged ,pampered self entitled princes...just compare their salary , bonuses, overtime payments, etc .with your everyday Taro and Keiko,s conditions...it is time their salaries more closely resembled the average Japanese worker.. ..Japan has had a deflationary situation for years so the argument about rising living costs doesn't,t fly...and here is a novel idea for them...If you don,t like your conditions , quit and try to get a job in a private sector - see how you fare..
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GW
The ones who are suing up their cut to 15%!
These people have the easiest jobs, take holidays, & have better pensions, their pay shud be cut more!
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Herve Nmn L'Eisa
All the more reason to privatise.
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SamuraiBlue
The worst part about central civil servants is that under law they can not be fire unless there was a fault on their part such a drunk driving so there is no way to downsize ministries and they can cling on to their position without doing anything useful to the public so long as they show they are doing some task.
Biggest stupidity and it's about time politicians did something about it without fearing of losing votes from the civil servant labor union.
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Blair Herron
My husband is a civil servant (Coast Guard).
The easiest jobs=risk his life to save other people
Take holidays=when we were about to go to TDL, his cell phone rang. Within 15 minutes, he’s gone.
Have better pensions=maybe so, I don’t know.
Their pay should be cut more=we move around from one place to another every 2~3 years throughout the country. Always in deficit. We save money for the next transfer.
He never complains about the salary cuts because he's more proud to serve the country❤
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japan_cynic
I'm neither a civil servant nor even at a university, but still the same for us too.
I even got a letter a few weeks ago specifying my salary (new job), now a few weeks later they renege on the offer. Apparently the head honcho's inkan isn't worth the ink it's stamped with. They haven't even been able to tell us exactly who gets what cut, but it will range from 5-10% for most I think.
If they were making any effort to cut the staggering waste, I would be more sympathetic. But it's all about show and politics, nothing meaningful.
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