ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada authorities is proposing new negotiating preparations for senior public servants after indicating that it believes that it’s a battle of curiosity for these public servants to profit from wage negotiations with commerce unions by which they’re additionally serving as members of the unions negotiating staff.
“I believe there’s an imminent battle of curiosity in that course of as a result of wage negotiations happen between the federal government representatives and the unions; there could be a backwards and forwards for months in some circumstances,” Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall advised a information convention.
Cornwall had through the presentation of the EC$1.66 billion One EC greenback=US$0.37 cents) On Monday, the nationwide finances to Parliament introduced that an unbiased committee could be appointed to develop a compensation framework, together with salaries and fringe advantages for Cupboard ministers and senior managers.
“Mr. Speaker, the present framework, whereby salaries of Cupboard ministers and everlasting secretaries are tied to the result of union negotiations, will not be good apply,” he added.
Cornwall advised reporters that the Dickon Mitchell authorities, which got here to workplace in June final yr, believes the everlasting secretaries and different senior public service officers who’re a part of the negotiating staff of a union mustn’t profit from the collective bargaining settlement they’ve negotiated.
“If a everlasting secretary, a senior officer within the ministry is a part of the negotiating staff that’s mandated to make sure that the negotiations keep inside a specific parameter, you can not flip spherical on the finish of the day and say if I give the general public service, that’s academics and nurses and so forth a specific improve that this improve be utilized to the parliamentarians and heads of departments.
“I believe that’s fallacious; an inherent battle of curiosity exists. We’re proposing that an unbiased fee be appointed to overview the salaries of presidency ministers and senior public officers and increments as we go ahead,” stated Cornwall, a former senior public servant.
“In order that what we’re proposing is to not use the system whereby if the general public servants get X quantity, the ministers get a rise of X quantity, that’s one thing that we don’t need to proceed doing. It has occurred prior to now, however it’s fallacious,” Cornwall stated.
The Public Staff Union, the Grenada Union of Lecturers, the Technical and Allied Staff Union, and the Police Welfare Affiliation are the primary bargaining brokers for public officers. The federal government’s negotiating staff sometimes includes senior managers from the Division of Public Administration and the Ministry of Finance.
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