Date set for scrapping NSW public sector wage cap

NSW public servants such as paramedics, teachers and nurses will have their pay caps lifted. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The controversial wages cap for NSW public sector workers will be ditched in two months.

The move was a key pledge from Labor before the state election in March and will end the long-standing ceiling on public sector pay rises under the previous Liberal-National government.