LONDON (Sputnik) — The UK government's latest move to force companies to publish pay ratios between their top executives and ordinary workers is not likely to increase the incomes of public work service employees, the United Kingdom's UNISON public service union general secretary, Dave Prentis, told Sputnik.
"Any move that requires private firms to be more transparent on pay is a step forward, but this will not put any more pounds in the pockets of public service staff who have suffered under austerity," Prentis said.
On Tuesday, the UK Trade Union Congress (TUC) also criticized the scheme, saying that after the government had not fulfilled its initial pledge to put workers' representatives on corporate boards, the whole initiative became "little more than a box-ticking exercise." The organization was also concerned that the government's calculations would take the focus off the lowest paid workers.
