PSTU urges Government to review leave arrangement

[Lazie]

She told the committee that persons employed to the public service before 2002 could currently be receiving a total of 74 days leave comprising vacation, sick, casual and national holidays.

The total number of working days in the public sector is 260 per year.

Speaking specifically on the issue of vacation leave, Sinclair- McCalla said under the current leave arrangement system a civil servant could accumulate as many as 175 days in vacation leave.

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[Lazie]

Yeap! Especially the teachers. They get every holiday, the entire summer yet every couple of years they get 4 -6 months paid vacation? Joke ting.

[Gamma]

chuss mi ... dem need it. and although they are "off" all summer...they really are not "off" all summer. i know this.

[Lazie]

chuss mi ... dem need it. and although they are "off" all summer...they really are not "off" all summer. i know this.

Can Jamaica as a country afford it? I think not!

[Gamma]

my mother taught for about 47 years. if those responsible for moulding our youth are frassed out.......wi doomed!

having seen it first hand, we continue to "misunderappreciate" how vital a role our teachers play. i won't even deal with the issue of them being severely underpaid, i will just stick to the issue of we need our teachers to be fresh and sharp.

[Lazie]

my mother taught for about 47 years. if those responsible for moulding our youth are frassed out.......wi doomed!

having seen it first hand, we continue to "misunderappreciate" how vital a role our teachers play. i won't even deal with the issue of them being severely underpaid, i will just stick to the issue of we need our teachers to be fresh and sharp.

Again, can Jamaica afford it? The efforts of the teachers are appreciated, yes, they are underpaid. But all this time off need to be cut out.

[Gamma]

jamaica HAVE to afford it! we do not have much choice as it is THAT important!

[Mosiah]

Lazie would be much more understanding with our teachers if it was the PNP that had to be dealing with them now.

stay deh a kip up long talk wid him!

[Lazie]

Lazie would be much more understanding with our teachers if it was the PNP that had to be dealing with them now.

stay deh a kip up long talk wid him!

Auggh ... still suffering from BCS? I've held this position from my wife was teaching in Jamaica. Last I checked your beloved PNP was ruling then.

[Lazie]

jamaica HAVE to afford it! we do not have much choice as it is THAT important!

So why is it teachers in other countries don't get the luxury of a paid vacation? People need to stop getting sentimental and start getting real now.

[Gamma]

sentimental?!!

if i were another type person i would offer you a few choice word of sentimentality! because i know firsthand that teachers deserve it,that is sentimentality?! are you tell me that your research tells you no other country in world offers teachers paid vacation?!!

i think we have differing views and out of respect ... i will leave it there. no need to answer the questions.

[MdmeX]

Well, I don't considered it a paid vacation. I've heard this argument many times as it relates to teachers here in the US. People think they are paid for the summer when school is off, not true. Thery are paid empoyees for 10 months of the year, but their wages are spread over a 12 month period.

Dem deserve every penny, at least the majority of them! A few rotten ones though, who give the others a bad name.

[Lazie]

Well, I don't considered it a paid vacation. I've heard this argument many times as it relates to teachers here in the US. People think they are paid for the summer when school is off, not true. Thery are paid empoyees for 10 months of the year, but their wages are spread over a 12 month period.

Dem deserve every penny, at least the majority of them! A few rotten ones though, who give the others a bad name.

No Mdmex ... summer vacation is different from vacation. Don't teachers in Jamaica have a 12 month contract? That is another thing?