They have questioned Health Minister Anne Pryke’s judgment at allowing the salary, which could see Mr McLaughlin costing the taxpayer £624,000 during his two-year contract.
Ray Shead, the president of Jersey’s Chamber of Commerce, said Mr McLaughlin should be on performance-related pay and called for the States to follow the UK’s lead in managing chief executives’ salaries.
And Unite official Nick Corbel, who represents public sector workers, said that there had been universal condemnation from nurses about Mr McLaughlin’s salary at a time when the director and his team were trying to erode nurses’ pay.
