Efforts to reform public services will be undermined unless public sector employees recognise that their salaries should also reflect their performance rather than simply tracking the cost of living.

This is the view of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development after a survey of employee attitudes. The survey revealed that just one in three public sector workers think their salary should reflect their individual performance, compared to more than half of private sector workers. In the private sector, 54% believe that their salary should reflect their own performance, 36% inflation and cost of living and 32% their experience. In the public sector, 55 % of workers feel their pay should reflect inflation and cost of living, 36% individual performance 33% their experience.

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