For those with salaries up to €32,000, a further 0.5% increase will be introduced in January 2020, with all employees expected to receive an additional 2% in October 2020. Disclaimer This document is a summary of the main elements of the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA). The agreement itself is more comprehensive and contains, on certain issues, more details than what is said here. For more information, readers are advised to refer to the final text of the full agreement. The first AHCPS union to conclude a vote on the public sector wage agreement The agreement also requires management to intervene with the unions to minimize the use of temporary agency workers. And it contains safeguards for the use of internships, clinical placements, work experience, and workplace activation measures, which stipulate that there must be an “agreement on protocols” regarding these programs. Working time Although there is no general REDUCTION in working time under the PSSA, the agreement allowed employees to return permanently to the hours before Haddington Road on the basis of a proportional wage adjustment. Staff were able to opt for this agreement at the beginning of the agreement (January-April 2018) and can do so for a period after its expiry (January-April 2021). The agreement also contains a provision to transform annual leave into flexible working hours.
Trade union actions As with all previous public service agreements, a labour dispute is excluded in situations where the employer complies with the agreement. Newcomers The term “newcomer” refers to individuals who began working in the public service (and related organizations for compensation purposes) after 2011, when the government imposed poor quality salary scales for new staff without agreement. Although these low-quality fares (which, at each point on each scale, are worth 10% less) were removed at the request of the unions as part of the 2013 Haddington Road agreement, “new entrants” continued to have longer salary scales than their colleagues for longer, with two lower pay points at the beginning of each scale. . . .
