Public service regulations are being reviewed with consideration for modern human resource demands for a time limit on investigations of public officials suspended from work, the Government says. The disclosure from Finance Minister Dr Nigel.
Taxpayers are bearing the weight of an $81-million and rising salary bill for seven suspended public officials as a result of drawn-out investigations and administrative limbo within government agencies. The $81 million represents the total pre-.
A local business lobby and the island’s main civil service union say the principle of regular government workers being sent on leave or suspended to facilitate probes should be applied to six yet-unnamed lawmakers being investigated for illicit.