Clarifications in response to the Open Letter from the Police Corps Branch of the ISOTITA Guild to the President of the Republic on accrued wages, issued yesterday, are given by the leadership of the Police for the years 2021 and 2022.
As stated, for the year 2021, a total of €38,061,959.10 was paid, of which an amount of.920.77 related to leases,
€824,688.23 related to a flat-rate overtime allowance,
€7,708,234.10 related to a shift allowance and
€17,230,412.73 related to a Sunday and public holiday allowance.
Further in the budget for the year 2022, appropriations totalling €5,000,000 have been approved.
To date, the following payments have been made.
- For the March, 2022 payroll, 643 tasks were forwarded to the General Accounting Office (by 05/03/2022), relating to the months of
- November, 2021
- December, 2021 and
- January, 2022
It is clarified that, of the 643 tasks forwarded to the General Accounting Office, 417 tasks relating to the months will be paid:
- November, 2021
- December, 2021 and
- January, 2022
Pending in the General Accounting Office for payment on the April, 2022 payroll are 226 duties pertaining to the months:
- November, 2021
- December, 2021
- PURNARA duties 8/11/21 - 01/31/22
To date for 2022, total 2022 payments have been paid €1.732,000.00 or 34.64% of the total provision.
At the same time, since March, 2022 the computerized overtime program has now been adopted, where all overtime requests will be sent to the General Accounting Office in electronic form.
Until the June, 2022 payroll, overtime requests of members will be sent on a pilot basis in electronic format for purposes of verification and comparison with the handwritten data.
From July, 2022, provided that the General Accounting Office of the Republic, will proceed with the adoption of the computerized system, the process will now be done only in electronic format.
From July, 2022, provided that the General Accounting Office of the Republic, will proceed with the adoption of the computerized system, the process will now be done only in electronic format. With this procedure, overtime will be paid within two months from the date of submission, in order to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
It is worth noting that the Police Leadership attaches great importance to the well-being and safety of its members and has already proceeded, among other things, to provide incentives such as the provision of team leader allowances and to cover the needs of ranks.
In addition, equipment, vehicles and radios have been purchased, while a major effort is being made to renovate and build new Police Stations with the ultimate aim of providing a suitable professional environment for members of the Police and upgrading the quality of work, which promotes quality service and the provision of upgraded services to the public.
Furthermore, the recruitment of police officers to fill all the vacancies that currently exist in the Police Force continues.
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