Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
362. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the lowest paid workers in the Civil Service have not had their first hour of unpaid overtime restored since March of this year as per the Haddington Road agreement, even though their higher paid colleagues have had that temporary cutback restored. [40978/14]
View answerUnder the terms of the Pay and Productivity Measures outlined in sub section 2.4 of the Haddington Road Agreement the standard working week of public and civil servants was revised as follows:
- Those with a working week of 35 hours or less (net of rest breaks) increased to a minimum of a 37 hour week.
- Those with a working week that is greater than 35 hours but less than 39 hours (net of rest breaks) increased to a 39 hour week.
- Working hours of those grades with a net working week of 39 hours or greater remained the same. However an hour of overtime worked each week for these grades was unpaid until 31 March 2014.
The calculation of overtime payments in respect of the public and civil servants concerned is based on the revised standard working week hours' arrangements outlined above and is being implemented in accordance with the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement.
