The Ministry of Defence is to double the number of civilian staff it makes redundant this year to 8,000. The move has prompted warnings that the back-offices to the armed services will be understaffed.
PCS had received private assurances just last month that the number of staff taking advantage of "early release schemes" would not be increased from the planned 4,000 for this year because it would be too risky considering the forces' commitments abroad and that an increase in funding was no available.
So why are Civil Servants opting to Now Going Home Redundant - because the Government is forcing its own employees onto the scrap heap as it is ideologicaly wedded to polcies of destroying public services.
It is clear that civilian staff working in the Ministry of Defence feel undervalued by their employer. Why else would they apply in such numbers when the Civil Service Compensation Scheme has been attacked and reduced in value by the ConDem government.
Since the Gershon review in 2004 tens of thousands of jobs have been cut from the civil service, resulting in a deterioration of services to the public.
The Defence Cuts will undermine defence and threaten the front line.
The government will simply hoodwink the general public and instead of improving business delivery, outsource any remaining civilian work eventhough the risk to defence remains with the Ministry of Defence and in the medium term privatisation costs more money.
In fact civil servants have driven value for money in defence, but it is politicaly incovienient to highlight such facts. Military posts that simply fly an administrative desk should be undertaken by civilians.
Non Industrial Unions in the Ministry of Defence asked for a Civilian Charter to show that the department valued its civilian employees. This was rejected out of hand.
Almost half (48%) of civil servants are in admin grades where the average (median) pay in 2009 was £17,120 for women and £17,600 for men.
35,000 (7%) civil servants are paid less than £15,000 a year.
40.5% of civil servants - 210,000 people - are paid £20,000 or less. And 63% of civil servants - 330,000 staff - earn less than £25,000 a year.
Excluding the very highest earners, the average civil service pension is £4,200 a year.
More than 100,000 people receive a civil service pension of £2,000 or less a year: over 40,000 receive less than £1,000, and more than 60,000 get between £1,000 and £2,000.
If your employer continualy undervalues you, attacks your pensions, your pay and your terms and conditions. What would you do?
40.5% of civil servants - 210,000 people - are paid £20,000 or less. And 63% of civil servants - 330,000 staff - earn less than £25,000 a year.
Excluding the very highest earners, the average civil service pension is £4,200 a year.
More than 100,000 people receive a civil service pension of £2,000 or less a year: over 40,000 receive less than £1,000, and more than 60,000 get between £1,000 and £2,000.
If your employer continualy undervalues you, attacks your pensions, your pay and your terms and conditions. What would you do?
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