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Debate is continuing in regard to “restoring” pay, particularly in the public sector. However, the Community & Voluntary
Sector hasn’t got much of a look in.
When it comes to this Sector, the media is focused on high CEO salaries. Recently, the journal.ie asked: Should there be a salary cap for CEOs of charities? They pointed to well-publicised scandals and a survey they conducted earlier last year into CEO salaries in charity organisations. As we know, some CEOs were being paid almost €150,000 a year. They also noted a wide variation in pay to senior management personnel in not- for-pro ts. Whatever about high salaries in some charity organisations, most workers in the Community & Voluntary feel their pay is too low and if anyone deserves pay “restoration” perhaps it should be the Sector’s lower-paid workers.
When it comes to this Sector, the media is focused on high CEO salaries. Recently, the journal.ie asked: Should there be a salary cap for CEOs of charities? They pointed to well-publicised scandals and a survey they conducted earlier last year into CEO salaries in charity organisations. As we know, some CEOs were being paid almost €150,000 a year. They also noted a wide variation in pay to senior management personnel in not- for-pro ts. Whatever about high salaries in some charity organisations, most workers in the Community & Voluntary feel their pay is too low and if anyone deserves pay “restoration” perhaps it should be the Sector’s lower-paid workers.
