Premier asks for more patience over delayed increment payments
More patience is being requested of public servants who are yet to receive payments of their long outstanding salary increments.
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley made the appeal last week during a press conference where he was questioned over the reason for the significant delay, despite an announcement months ago that funds were made available in the budget by his government for the payment of the increments.
Premier Wheatley said although the payment of increments now falls squarely under the remit of the Governor and Deputy Governor, he wants those affected to know that officials are working hard at delivering on the payments.
According to Dr Wheatley, Deputy Governor, David Archer Jr, was doing a good job of keeping the public updated as it pertains to the progress in processing the increments. He further noted that Archer, along with the Department of Human Resources, are trying their best to ensure increments are paid in a timely fashion.
“I just ask – I know that persons have needs, they expect their increments – persons should understand that we are committed to ensuring that they get their increments and just to have just a little more patience,” Premier Wheatley said.
Meanwhile, Premier Wheatley said his Cabinet had earlier made a decision that increment payments were not to be delayed as a result of incomplete appraisals for public servants.
However, he said he understood the need for the completion of the appraisals before the increment payments.
“I completely understand the reason why we’re pushing to ensure that the appraisals are done,” the Premier said. “I understand that, but you know, those types of challenges will lead to the increments being paid less quickly than we had originally anticipated in the Cabinet decision.”
Premier Wheatley also shared that he is aware that some of the increment calculations needed are particularly for persons who have changed positions within the public service.
He further commented that this has contributed to what he described as some lack of speed in the delivery of increments.
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Why wasn’t this mentioned in his campaign. How can you promise increments without first running the process by the governor /deputy governor since it would fall under them. A promise should be based on truths and facts. They were promised and need to be paid. Patience for what again when they been patient for years already? Put pressure on the governor/deputy instead.
I thought that government employees called their pay increases increments because they are paid irrespective of performance or appraisal! If performance was a criteria then many government employees would need to pay part or all of their salary back!
WE AIN’T BROKE , PERHAPS THE SCRIPT WAS UPSIDE DOWN ,OR JUST ANOTHER * HONEST MISTAKE * A G A I N ( WHO’S FOOLING WHO ? ? ?
Patience? When you did the greedy bill to pay yourselves when you are not working did you ask for patience? We want our increments or else we will strike.
Why are u guys keep failing us ….come on mehn we need our increment what delay we didnt delay when we voted for yall…it seems like yall playing games with us…we all will strike to get our increment then
I dont recall him asking for patience when he spent 250K on his free party. He found the money quick to throw his party.
Pay the people their increments. This has been going on too long. How much longer should people have to wait?
Are statutory boards included in obtaining such increments or not? If not, was this one of the reasons the government placed certain entities such as Hospital, bvi electricity and Ports authority under a statutory sysgem to avoid paying increments to the staff? I simply ask this because my statutory board claims that they no longer give increments. That is very depressing!
NO PAY UP
THIS WAS NOT WHAT HE SAID DURING THE CAMPAGNE TRAIL
WHOSE CORNER LORNA IN????
STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE!!!!! Give meh meh MONEY!!!
So, ummmm, many of you had the energy to march and block the road ovee the UK, but your own people are right here doing you dirty and all yall do is put up a lil post on facebook and carry on. Almost EVERY DAY the power and water is off, the roads & schools are a mess and the list goes on. Keep sitting down and letting the government trample all over you.
he said they wasn’t broke and he has money for concerts, they need to pay us what they owe us including the arrears for the next round
another win for the accidental premier
This is the most inept government that ever existed in BVI History
Yes all government has failings and a measure of corruption but the 2019 leaders up to this 2023 is leading the BVI into deep dark uncharted waters where we will not get out here are a list of evil
– two boats destroyed under so called heavy police protection
– police injured and boat rammed from behind (joke)
– 250 k for free convert no data to show the economic growth
– Emancipation songs from artists with swear word and endorsing killings and cocaine smuggling Christian Council QUIET
– hundreds thousands of dollats given out and all HOA elected members defendind it an throwing Webster under the bus
– leader incarcerated
The list can go on
Are we still in shockef
You keep jet setting around the world while we have bills to pay. STRIKE !
Patience? Where does one who has been ravaged financially throughout his entire teaching career find patience from in his sunset years?
Where does one who has yet to receive his fair earnings of increments find the patience from, when for eighteen full years he was systematically, and with conniving evil, denied his lawful increments? Where does one find the patience now to wait even longer for those still owed?
Where does one find the pennies to buy a loaf of bread, a tea bag or a pound of sugar? Where does one find the patience not to go insane? Where does one find the will not to *=>^?
HE WAS ONLY TELLING YA’LL WHAT YA’LL WANTED TO HEAR , AND THAT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE THAT WAS TAILOR MADE TO PLAY WITH YA’LL MINDS AT THE TIME , AND IT WORKED / BUT DON’T IT SOON COME ✋️
The slave masters have us exactly how they want us properly destabilized and tearing each other down. Keep it up while you claim to be intelligent.
Is not the slave masters its our own people that keeping us down.
civil servants are being paid the annual increment amounts; WHAT HAPPEN TO THE ARREARS.
Mr primier at each of every months can whenever our bills come can we go to the bank,supermarket, and the list goes on can we the people’s ask whoever in charge to give us a break and till we can fine the money to pay our bills know sir we cant because when you don’t have money to pay your bill your bill will get cut are the bank charge you for late fees, so sir pay us our money we have familys to feed