Labor and a key union fear a wage freeze is on the way for public servants.
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The concerns follow a temporary wage freeze imposed on senior public servants which has been supported by the Greens.
Health workers rallied in Hobart on Thursday against any freeze and In an email to members, Health and Community Services Union secretary Tim Jacobson said "the ink was hardly dry on the page" on a wage agreement which was now threatened.
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"I don't think you need reminding that we all accepted wage increases below the national average since 2010, our real wages have gone backwards and the last agreement we reached with the government went just a little way towards addressing this issue," Mr Jacobson said.
"Some might say Senior Public Servants earn too much, they should cop a wage freeze. There are those in the community who would argue that public sector workers are overpaid too and that we should all cop a wage freeze. It is possible that the government will seek to exploit this ignorance in order to attack your own wages and conditions.
"Don't be deceived, the government aren't just looking to freezing the bosses pay, they are looking to create a political wedge between you and ordinary Tasmanians. We can see through their strategy."
Labor leader Rebecca White told Parliament the Premier's razor gang was back with workers in its sights.
"In Parliament the Premier refused to rule out a wage freeze for the very workers we relied on to help us through the worst of the COVID-19 crisis," she said.
"Tasmania's health workers, police, cleaners, teachers and park rangers have looked after us and kept Tasmania going for the past few months and we owe them a great debt of gratitude.
"But despite the Premier's praise for their crucial work during the pandemic, he is now considering freezing their wages.
"Only last year these workers finally won a pay rise that kept up with the cost of living, now the Premier is thinking about putting that on ice."
Mr Gutwein told Parliament it was a "fallacy" to suggest the razor gang was in action.
He said he had told members of the Senior Executive Service he was deferring their pay rise due on July 1 until November when the budget position would be clearer.
"That was a difficult decision as around 200 senior public servants we have here have done an extraordinary job throughout this pandemic. They have gone above and beyond," Mr Gutwein said.
"No decision has been made and there has been no discussion within government concerning either a pay freeze or any other form of savings across the public sector.
"In coming weeks and months, we will need to sit down and look at some very difficult decisions, decisions I admit I do not look forward to but we will need to do that."
Greens leader Cassy O'Connor supported the temporary freeze but was worried about job cuts.
"I think it's important to remind ourselves that since coronavirus arrived thousands and thousands of Tasmanians have lost their jobs., small businesses have closed - the impact on women and young people has been devastating," Ms O'Connor said.
"So a temporary pause on a pay increase for already pretty well paid public service managers is very hard to argue against and we think would have the support of most Tasmanians,
"It passes the reasonableness test.
"What will count though, is whether or not there are any cuts to public servants, teachers, nurses, cleaners and the like and we'll be watching this space very closely.
"The government will have a budget issue on its hands because it's had to spend so much money trying to help Tasmania through the epidemic but the problem will be if that impacts on public service jobs and therefore the services they deliver."