The immediate convening of the Joint Staff Committee to review the calculation of overtime and shift allowances, demands in a statement by the PASYDY, as this appears to be absent from the State Budget as tabled.
At a joint meeting of all branches of the Public Service working under the shift system and those branches whose service requires overtime, held on Friday, an update was given that although a number of other allowances are being progressively restored in the 2023 Budget, a documented request dating back to 2019 when it was registered and discussed repeatedly in the statutory mechanism of the Joint Staff Committee has not been adopted, the statement said
In particular, absent from the State Budget is any improvement on the gradual restoration of the following allowances: Night Work Allowance, compensation for work on public holidays during working hours that are beyond the established hours of the work schedule, compensation for work on Sundays, when Sunday is part of the work to complete the fixed weekly working hours, compensation for work on Easter Sunday, 6/1, 1/4, 15/8, 28/10, 25/12 and 26/12, compensation when they do not work on public holidays but have completed the fixed working hours on the other days of the week.
Also not included is a revised calculation for overtime work on weekdays and Saturdays until 1:00 p.m, overtime work on Saturdays after 1.00 pm, Sundays and public holidays, overtime work of State employees working on the shift system or on special hours on Saturdays until midnight and flat-rate overtime pay for State employees.
In view of the above, we request that a meeting of the Joint Staff Committee be convened immediately and within the month of December to discuss the burning issue in order to find the arrangements that will bring about the satisfaction of the above request by adopting them in the next Supplementary State Budget.
Otherwise, the Guild warns that, unfortunately, we will have no choice but to take all appropriate actions to dynamically demand the above non-excluded and take dynamic measures.
The communication is signed by the Administrative Councils of the General Nursing Staff, Mental Health Services Nursing Staff, Health Services Employees, Hospital Laboratories Staff, Technical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Medical Staff and Medical Staff. Radiographers, Physiotherapists, Techn. Radiotherapists & Occupational Therapists, Prison Officers, Social Welfare Officers, Civil Defence Officers, Customs Officers, Forestry Officers, Meteorological Officers and Civil Aviation Officers.
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