phill106 wrote: » I am fuming listening to the news. In the 90s, public sector moved from a cash wages system to issuing cheques. They then graciously allowed staff 30 minutes off a week to lodge said cheques in their banks. The year is now 2010. None of them are now paid by cheque. They want to keep cheque time... Really? YOU AREN'T PAID BY CHEQUE ANYMORE!
THE GOVERNMENT is to end the traditional practice of giving time off to civil servants to cash their pay cheques. Also to be reviewed are the additional privilege days off provided to staff at Christmas and Easter. The Department of Finance told union leaders yesterday the fortnightly half-hour time-off, initially given to civil servants many years ago before direct electronic lodgments became common, would be eliminated from next month. This arrangement, known as “banking time”, was ended for new staff in 2003, but remains in place for most Civil Service personnel.
Danbo! wrote: » Pfft whats half an hour every two weeks? Average PS pay = €46,000 a year, or €22 per hour assuming a 40hr week, so cheque time is €11 per employee. Paid every fortnight, thats 26 payments pear year, €286. Paid to ~250,000 public sector workers, €71.5m per year.
