Regularisation of ‘sweeper/cleaners’ employment nearer

Sep 22, 2017 News

Sweeper/cleaners can expect better working conditions and remuneration. The Government is moving to regularise their employment as public servants.
This was announced by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, during his post-Cabinet press briefing, on Thursday.

A number of sweepers and cleaners protesting their conditions earlier this year.

Sweeper/cleaners are a category of workers employed by the Ministry of Education to maintain a clean and healthy environment in public schools.
For years now they have been kept outside of the normal conditions for public servants.
Minister Harmon explained that this decision was taken following recommendations made by the Ministry of Social Protection to standardise the employment of sweeper/cleaners within the public sector.
The government has agreed that the Ministry of Education’s proposal in its 2018 budget presentation to the Finance Ministry will be used as a reference for the other agencies.
The Ministries of the Presidency and Social Protection will carefully review the issues relating to the Sweeper/Cleaners, Minister Harmon said.
The Minister is optimistic that the intervention will bring an end to the situation with the sweeper/cleaners.
The issue has been one that saw protests and strong representation from unions for mainly women, some of whom are single parents, who are involved in the duties at the public schools.

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