Vic public servant 'moderate' wage claim

More than 30,000 Victorian public servants want a 4.7 per cent pay rise each year, and the treasurer says it's a moderate request compared with other union demands he's faced.

The Community and Public Sector Union has asked for a 20 per cent compounded pay rise over four years - tram drivers recently asked for 19 per cent over three years.

Treasurer Tim Pallas said the union was doing the right thing by its members.

"In fact it's more moderate than some of the claims that we've been served on by unions," Mr Pallas told reporters on Tuesday.

"But let me assure you we have a wages policy, we intend sticking to it."

The government budgeted for annual pay rises of 2.5 per cent, rising to three per cent where efficiency gains were shown.

But paramedics have already signed a deal worth 12 per cent over three years, and CPSU secretary Karen Batt says services are wilting after the years of job cuts and contracting.

"Victorians deserve a serious injection of dollars into government services as population increases have driven higher demand," she said.

The union wants shift workers to get six weeks annual leave and an increased night penalty rate of 20 per cent.

Regular salaried workers would get five weeks annual leave and all 13 Victorian public holidays.

The claim also says when executives get bonuses for delivering a program, their employees who delivered the service should also get a bonus.

The CPSU covers 30,000 state government employees, including more than 300 specialist occupations.

The 2016 agreement will cover child protection workers, court clerks, school specialists, sheriffs, forensic officers and ministerial chauffers, among others.