{"id":319924,"date":"2024-04-03T07:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=319924"},"modified":"2024-04-02T23:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:59:52","slug":"retirement-at-65-should-be-an-option-for-public-officers-says-union-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/retirement-at-65-should-be-an-option-for-public-officers-says-union-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement at 65 should be an option for public officers, says union leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319925\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319925\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thomas-Letang-DNO-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Letang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), Thomas Letang has said that the union is proposing an introduction of the option for public officers to retire at age 65.<\/p>\n<p>Letang made the statement while addressing public sector workers at a meeting held recently.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, forms part of a number of proposals the union will be submitting to the government of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe provision of the bridge pension, that is 60 to 65 be applied to non-established employees,\u201d Letang said. \u201cThey are the lowest paid employees with their gratuity being significantly less than established officers because of the difference in the formula used to calculate their terminal benefits.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the union recommends a review of the formula used to calculate gratuity for these officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also proposing an introduction of the option for public officers to retire at age 65,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe are not saying to make it mandatory. We are saying to give them the option to retire at 65.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Letang continued, \u201cSo, if you don\u2019t want to go you don\u2019t, you go earlier, but provide you with that option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Letang pointed out that the union is also recommending that a policy be introduced whereby government pensioners will receive an increase in their pension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have some people and not many of them who are government pensioners, but they have been getting that pension for years,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey were once part of us and we still have to look out for them, so we are saying at least every three years their pension should be reviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Letang said that the union is additionally recommending that public officers, while on secondment, be promoted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause when you are on secondment the only thing that you get which is different to when you held your substantive post is your salary,\u201d he explained. \u201cAs soon as you are reverted back to your previous position onto your substantive position you get that salary for that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For traveling officers, Letang said the transport allowance and mileage paid to public officers ought to be adjusted to the current reality of financing the cost of a vehicle, to improve the basic traveling from $723.80 to $1000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd from $2.60 cents to $5.36 cents respectively,\u201d Letang explained. \u201cThat is per mile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, he mentioned that a trigger system should be instituted to deal with local travel costs impacted by inflation, more particularly the cost of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are saying there is we should not even wait for every three years, but once the fuel price has increased, the little amount you get per mile should be reviewed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Letang also said a committee consisting of management from government and the union should be established to review the basic monthly traveling allowance and per mile every three years, and that a formula for the quantum of the allowance should be determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saying brothers and sisters that all other allowance being paid to public officers should be increased by 20 percent,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), Thomas Letang has said that the union is proposing an introduction of the option for public officers to retire at age 65. 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