THE £55,000 annual fee which Scottish Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson will earn from her one-day-a-month directorship of a FTSE-100 company is more than 50% higher than the average earned by a full-time employee at the economic development agency.
Last night unions questioned the level of pay for her additional role, comparing it to what other workers earn.
Dave Watson, of the public sector union Unison, said: "Not only is this payment of £55,000 for one day a month around one-and-a-half times the average wage at Scottish Enterprise, it is more than double the average Scottish income of about £25,000.
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