Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayoshi Nakajima (L), president of the National Personnel Authority (NPA), hands NPA recommendations to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office on Aug. 8. The authority proposed record wage cuts for central government employees to make the levels commensurate with sagging private-sector wages.

State employees to see 1st pay cut

State employees to see 1st pay cut

TOKYO, Japan - National Personnel Authority chief Tadayoshi Nakajima (L) hands to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Aug. 8 a paper recommending a 2.03% wage cut in monthly pay for central government employees for the current fiscal year. It is the first time for the authority to recommend a wage cut since the current recommendation system started in 1948.

State employees to see 1st pay cut

State employees to see 1st pay cut

TOKYO, Japan - National Personnel Authority chief Tadayoshi Nakajima (L) hands to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Aug. 8 a paper recommending a 2.03% wage cut in monthly pay for central government employees for the current fiscal year. It is the first time for the authority to recommend a wage cut since the current recommendation system started in 1948. (Kyodo)

Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayoshi Nakajima (L), president of the National Personnel Authority (NPA), hands NPA recommendations to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office on Aug. 8. The authority proposed record wage cuts for central government employees to make the levels commensurate with sagging private-sector wages. (Kyodo)