Gov’t decreases maximum days required for higher pay in acting positions for the public sector
Tamoy Ashman / Our Today
Public sector employees, whether monthly or weekly paid, are now offered a higher salary if they are in an acting position for a period exceeding 10 days.
This follows the Ministry of Finance’s restructuring of compensation in the public sector and was brought into effect on January 1, 2023.
An employee occupies an acting position if they are asked to take over the full duties of a higher position for a specific period of time.
In a notice to permanent secretaries and heads of departments, Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison said that Staff Order 6.7.1 should be deleted and the following substituted.
The new order states that “an employee (monthly or weekly) who is appointed to act in a higher graded post for a continuous period exceeding 10 working days is entitled to be paid an acting allowance in addition to his/her substantive salary”.
In addition, the “acting allowance should be equivalent to at least one increment in the salary scale of the higher post”.
Previously, the Staff Orders stated that an employee who was paid monthly and in an acting position would have to occupy the position for more than 20 days before they would receive a higher salary.
The new regulations also state that the acting allowance will be taxed and will not be utilised for calculating pension benefits.
Previously, employees who were weekly paid and acting in a classified position at a higher grade in another occupation group for a period of five days was entitled to an acting allowance.
In addition, an employee who was paid weekly and acting in the same occupational group at a higher level for 10 days was entitled to an acting allowance.
Now, once any employee, whether weekly or monthly paid, occupies an acting position at a higher level for more than 10 days, they are entitled to an acting allowance in addition to their salary.
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