State officers in acting roles risk losing perks

Finance Bill

Members of the National Assembly during a sitting. 

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MPs want the State to stop paying allowances to public officers who serve in acting capacities for more than one year, and valid reasons to support retention of persons who have hit retirement age in service be documented.

The Labour Committee recommends extending the period beyond which officers in acting capacity should not be entitled to allowances from six months as earlier proposed, in a report on the Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 2023.

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