02/03/2015
Civil Service Redundancy Scheme Opens
A voluntary redundancy scheme has opened at the Northern Ireland Civil Service, which aims to cut around £90 million a year in salaries.
It is hoped around 2,400 applicants will be found before March, 2016.
One months pay for each year of services, up to a maximum of 21-and-a-half months, is expected to be offered to the majority of redundancy applicants.
Alongside the redundancy scheme, promotions and recruitment for the civil service have been frozen.
(MH/CD)
It is hoped around 2,400 applicants will be found before March, 2016.
One months pay for each year of services, up to a maximum of 21-and-a-half months, is expected to be offered to the majority of redundancy applicants.
Alongside the redundancy scheme, promotions and recruitment for the civil service have been frozen.
(MH/CD)
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