(Montreal) Quebec administration employees lag behind in salaries compared to the private sector and even compared to the non-unionized private sector. Workers are the most affected.
This is what the report from the Institute of Statistics of Quebec reveals, which each year compares the remuneration of public administration employees to that of other categories of workers.
It turns out that when we take into account salary only, Quebec administration employees are 14.2% behind the private sector (unionized and non-unionized combined) and 16.6% behind compared to the private sector. compared to all other Quebec employees (unionized and non-unionized combined).
Even compared to the non-unionized private sector, they are behind by 12.2% in wages alone.
In fact, if we only take into account salaries, Quebec government employees lag behind the private sector, the unionized private sector, the non-unionized private sector, the university sector, the municipal sector, and the federal administration. , to public enterprises, to all other unionized Quebec employees and to all other non-unionized Quebec employees.
When it comes to overall compensation – which takes into account salaries, benefits, leave and the normal work week – the picture is more nuanced.
They are then on par with the private sector (unionized and non-unionized combined) and 7.4% behind other Quebec employees (unionized and non-unionized combined).
For example, the normal work week is 35.8 hours in the Quebec administration, while it is 37.4 hours for the category of other Quebec employees.
Job categories
It is the workers who are most affected by these delays. Compared to their private sector peers, they lag behind by 36.8% in salary and 25.7% behind in overall compensation.
Next come office workers, who lag behind their salaries by 17.1% compared to the private sector, then technicians who lag behind their salaries by 15.3% compared to their peers in the private sector.
In the case of professionals, the salary gap between the Quebec administration and the private sector reaches 13.7%.
Once again, when we look at overall compensation, which includes leave, benefits, and the length of the normal work week, rather than just salary, the picture is less stark.
The common front not surprised
The public sector inter-union common front concludes that this report proves that “salary catch-up is urgent” in the Quebec administration.
“In the current context, our networks must be attractive. The objective of negotiation is to attract and retain staff. As we know that our world is leaving for other sectors with more advantageous conditions – at the municipal, federal and in large unionized companies in particular – we expect the government to behave like an employer of choice and take inspiration of the best,” he commented.
