Pensions and health benefits are completely different, and they need to be treated differently by policy-makers because changes that work for one may or may not work for the other.
Two-thirds of government employees work in education, public safety, corrections or are judges. You don't want high turnover in those professions, so you need benefits that encourage long-term retention.
We don't want a situation where your firefighters or your school teachers are jumping out of a job after three or four years to get a better salary offer. One of the most compelling factors in keeping people on the job is their pension benefit.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.