16th November 2011, 07:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 16th November 2011, 07:28 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Dinosaur Wrote:Thought all the 'county' units had been officially 'hived off' (yeah, right), are there still some that are still officially council departments? And if they've been (reputedly) separated how does their wages being linked to council pay work? And back to the old arguements about conflict of interest (curator/contractor) etc.....am just interested so don't jump down my throat for asking please, have had a bad dayB)
According to my reckoning (and including removing one unit from the list just recently!!) there are 13 RAO which still have a direct link to LA grading systems etc.....How does it work? I am guessing they use the same bands and get the same increases (or non-increases) as other LA staff.....Conflict of interest? Never existed. That was a ruse invented by the 'lets privatise everything' right wing in the 80s. There are just as likely to be conflicts of interest amongst long term friends, lovers and ex-colleagues in the 'private' archaeological sector as there are in the public sector. Sorry you had a bad day. Mine was pretty good....penultimate day of the 2011 field season!!
PS 13/60 is about 22%
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