Civil servants demand stands

Civil servants have demanded that Government comes up with a housing scheme for them as part of non-monetary incentives.

The workers, who had a three-day engagement with their employer this week, also demanded that rentals for Government houses be revised downwards. The engagement, initiated by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, sought to appraise the workers on their conditions of service and non-monetary incentives being worked out.

Government also wanted to inform the workers on the ongoing rationalisation exercise, shift in pay dates, impending introduction of bond notes as well as pension and medical aid benefits. Experts in various fields attended the meetings.

Apex Council chairperson Mrs Cecilia Alexander said as workers' representatives, they would soon approach the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing with a view to having a specific housing scheme for civil servants.

She said many schemes had been established in the name of civil servants, but in the end benefited outsiders and political bigwigs.