All relevant information affecting work and pay of any kind has to be made available free of charge to those who wish to know. Employers should be legally required to make available all such information in the same way to their employees and to their employees' unions. If the employer has good reason for wishing to keep particular items of information confidential, they still have to be disclosed but only to the elected representatives of the employees. Information such as relevant statistics should be prepared and made available by a civil service body independent of government and directly responsible to Parliament or its equivalent, made available free to all concerned. It is most commonly applied to essential public services such as medical, fire, police, teaching, government.
Pay is reviewed at intervals and is increased according to changes in the index.
If the index has increased by 2 per cent say, then pay is increased by 2 per cent. Another way of linking is to increase pay by a given percentage whenever the index has increased by that percentage. But the cost of living index should reliably reflect the cost of living of the working population and be protected against politically motivated change which favours one side or the other. After index linking, pay bargaining can concentrate on the main issue, namely on how to share out the increased value created by the joint effort of both sides. In other words, how to adjust pay of all kinds in relation to the enterprise's performance.