{"id":21458,"date":"2018-11-03T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=21458"},"modified":"2018-11-03T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T17:39:41","slug":"treasury-workers-on-weekend-shift-to-delivery-on-back-pay-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/treasury-workers-on-weekend-shift-to-delivery-on-back-pay-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury Workers On Weekend Shift To Deliver On Back Pay Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\nAttempting to deliver on its promise to Civil Servants, Government employees at the High Street Treasury Department, are reported to have been called out to work on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>

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This was said to be for the purpose of completing formalities for payment of ‘Back Pay’ to Civil Servants that was aborted in October, reportedly due to an economic crunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources close to the Treasury Department still believe that some Civil Servants might not be able to smile their way to the bank before the day of the Referendum.  <\/p>

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Civil servants undecided as to whether or not the nation should remain with the London Privy Council, or vote to opt for constitutional change that would allow for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to become the final Court of Appeal could make a determination either before or on Referendum Day, November 6, 2018.<\/p>

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On November 6, Polling stations are expected to be opened at 6 am, while banks normally start operations at 8 am on week-days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voters, therefore, will  have two places to go, either to the various Polling Stations across the nation or to their respective banks. <\/p>

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Some EC$5 million is reported to be needed to make the payments that were said to be long overdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Government’s Chief of Staff, Lionel ‘Max’ Hurst had earlier said that the first tranche of the back-pay was likely to have been paid by the end of November 2018.\n\n<\/p>

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