| CSA unhappy with pension, gratuity concessions | | Print | |
| Thursday, 26 May 2011 10:34 | |||
 The interim government has agreed to pay gratuities to some civil servants, but the Civil Service Association is still fighting to include more than 1,100 others who the government says are not eligible. “The CSA again wishes to communicate its appreciation of the administration’s promise to pay this small fraction of disenfranchised civil servants their long overdue pensions and gratuities, but wishes to indicate that this is but only a small step towards resolving the many issues that are of concern to the CSA and civil servants,” the organization said in a statement May 19. Government CEO Mark Capes agreed to a number of concessions in a May 12 letter to the CSA:
A continuing bone of contention for the CSA is a change in policy to discontinue payment of gratuity to the approximately 1,100 non-contracted civil servants, who were employed after April 6, 1992. The old government pension plan allowed for lump sum payments called gratuities to those retiring at 55, but the new National Insurance Board pension ordinance says that will no longer apply to non-pensionable civil servants employed after April 6, 1992. “These Civil Servants under recent policy changes under this Interim Administration would now not receive any benefits upon leaving the establishment, regardless of their years of service,” the CSA stated. A recent review of civil servant pensions revealed the government has overpaid more than $6 million in gratuities and $3.6 million in accumulated leave beyond the 30-day per year cap because of prior lax government controls. The CSA says it plans to meet in the coming next week with Capes and the AG to further discuss the issues at hand. “The CSA urges those members to whom benefits have been promised to continue in their support for their fellow civil servants whose interests the association must still represent,” the group said. “The CSA will remain steadfast in its efforts to negotiate with the administration, seek legal advice and take whatever actions that are necessary to correct this and other injustices against the majority or minority of civil servants.” Photo: CSA President Dr. Rufus Ewing
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