Why?  

I should clarify some though.  I should have said compensated equally, not paid equally.    

I have a family member that got a day of personal time for every four weeks he wasn't absent, something like that.    If that was suggested at my past employer, Pella Corp the response would be:  'Why? When we hired you, you said you would come to work when you aren't sick or injured?       

Anyway lot's of things should count toward compensation,  sick days, person time, total paid vacation and Holiday,   Some companies pay bonus and some have profit sharing.

So should public employee's get total compensation equal to that of the the same work skill in private work.  

It's fine if you say no, but I was hoping you might say why.