There has been criticism that public servants have been receiving advantageous treatment in retirement allowances and pension benefits, compared with corporate workers.
A government panel on July 3 came up with a proposal to rectify the situation. But the proposal is not enough to equalize the treatment of public servants and corporate workers.
According to a survey by the National Personnel Authority, a corporate worker who retired in fiscal 2010 received an average ¥25.48 million (a retirement allowance plus corporate pension), excepting public pension, while the corresponding figure for a retired national public servant was ¥29.50 million (a retirement allowance plus the tax-financed portion of an additional pension benefit peculiar to public servants) — the latter receiving about ¥4 million more than the former.