Still too many fat cats at Hounslow IMO. And the redudancy payments are indicative of how much it costs us to get rid of civil servants. Standard redundancy in the private sector is 1 week for every year of employment to max 12 weeks!!From leader page: "Hounslow Council have significantly increased the number of staff paid over £100,000 according to their latest set of accounts.The report for the financial year 2013 shows that the number of people in this bracket was 16 compared to 11 in 2012 an increase of 45%. A spokesperson for the Council said that the number has risen due to redundancy payments and the number of staff currently employed by the Council paid more than six figures is only six.A former Director of the Environment received total payments of over £200,000 during the year but the current director’s salary is £134,000. The highest paid person at the Council is believed to be Mary Harpley who received £167,045 in financial year 2013. This increases to over £200,000 if pension contributions are included.The Council paid £1,339,000 in redundancy costs for 46 people. This is down on last year when £1,918,000 was paid out to 90 people for voluntary and involuntary redundancy.The Council made employer’s contributions of £28,704,000 into the staff scheme but it still has a deficit of £281 million. The salary figures given by the Council do not include employer’s contributions to pensions, with this included the number of staff on over £100,000 would be higher.."
Steve Taylor ● 4182d