Safety first

摘要

Workers in the private sector, wor-ried by job insecurity, long days and stress, might want to consider a career in government service instead. Hours are shorter, holidays longer and pensions are funded by the taxpayer instead of depending on the whims of the stockmarket. Best of all, the salaries are higher. Last month the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development concluded that public-sector workers had enjoyed bigger pay rises than their private counterparts every year since 2001. Public-sector pay increases have outstripped those in the private sector in nine of the past 12 sets of monthly figures.