Don’t sign! That stern advice has been sent by the island’s largest public sector trade union to its entire membership, in the wake of Government offering separation packages to all appointed workers in the Public Service.
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is warning members to hold strain before rushing to accept the offer and wait on more information on how their gratuities and pensions will be processed.
“We want to make it very clear that any members who are considering taking up the offer, that they would have to wait until the voluntary retirement age of 50 to draw down on their pension and their gratuity,” the NUPW’s acting general secretary Delcia Burke warned on Friday.
“We also want them to contact the NUPW if they want to ask any questions, or if they want to have anything cleared up. Do not sign anything which offers voluntary separation packages, until the NUPW can ascertain from Government exactly what it is offering,” Burke further advised. (BA)
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