Senators ‘grossly overpaid,’ have ‘impossible job security,’ says compensation expert

Some Senate staffers say Senators need the flexibility to offer their staff more competitive salaries. 'The Senators need to have that freedom: if they have staff that they need to be working 60-hour weeks, then they need to have the freedom to compensate

With no basis to assess their performances, Canada's Senators are grossly overpaid at $125,000 a year and all Senate staffers' salaries are too high, says one Canadian compensation expert.

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