Final 2016 increments to be paid by February month end!
A press release said there was a meeting between the Deputy Governor and the relevant authorities such as Human Resources, Treasury and Information Technology departments on the matter.
During the meeting, a “clear plan for the finalisation of the payment of increments to remaining public officers,” was on the agenda, the release stated.
90 per cent received $$
“The stakeholders noted that despite having to transition from the old JD Edwards System, which had been in place for 25 years to the new system, 2,892, or 90 per cent of Public Officers have still been able to receive their 2016 increments,” the release added.
Thus, “the remaining 250 officers are those who had status changes, promotions or were awaiting new job letters.”
While putting on record his gratitude to the public officers, the Deputy Governor said: “While there have been some challenges that we have experienced in this process, we are fortunate – all things considered, that we have a chance to perfect the procedure for the processing of 2017 increments.”
Increments for 2016 and 2017 were approved by Cabinet since June last year, and the funds were included in the 2019 budget.
'They already worked for it'- Premier Fahie
In March of 2019, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) had said since taking office his research had showed that public officers were owed about three years of increments. The Virgin Islands Party (VIP administration then vowed to pay two years of outstanding increments in 2019.
“They already worked for it but it’s just that they haven’t received it because the funding wasn’t there and the will to do it also wasn’t there,” Premier Fahie had said on the radio programme, Honestly Speaking with Claude O. Skelton-Cline, on March 19, 2019.
In a statement during the Seventh Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) on October 17, 2019, Premier Fahie said it was important to speak on the payment of increments for Public Officers because a number of officers were meeting him, asking about their increments.
“And I am steadily directing them to the Deputy Governor and Director of Human Resources who I have charged with ensuring that Public Officers who qualify receive their increments. I commend them for their efforts.”
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