HSE Cost Containment Measures

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A number of Cost Containment Measures have been announced by the HSE on May 15th the HSE issued circular 015/2009

Moratorium on Recruitment and Promotions in the Public Services Revised Employment Control Framework for the Health Services

The PNA in association with the other Health Service Unions issued the following directive to all members. The directive deals with non compliance with redeployment etc and should be printed and placed on all notice boards

Unions response to Moratorium

New Service developments to cost some temporary nurses their jobs

The HSE have also issued details of the three special schemes announced by the Minister of Finance in the supplementary budget

Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (I.S.E.R.)

Special Incentive Career Break Scheme 2009

Shorter Working Year Scheme

For more details on all schemes go to our Industrial Relations Section under HSE Cost Containment Measures.

Please Note as of June 2nd 2009 The HSE have decided not to proceed with the schemes, the attached circular was issued by Mr John Smith Ass. National Director HR HSE.

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A number of Cost Containment Measures have been announced by the HSE on May 15th the HSE issued circular 015/2009 Moratorium on Recruitment and Promotions in the Public Services Revised Employment Control Framework for the Health ServicesThe...

New Service developments to cost some temporary nurses their jobs
Proposals by management contained in a letter from Mr. Brendan Mulligan outlines that in the PCCC over 560 permanent posts will be created in areas of:
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Disability Services
•...

3.Shorter Working Year Scheme•This scheme now supersedes the Term Time Circular.
•Special Leave is available as a period of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 13 consecutive weeks. The leave may be taken as one continuous period or as a maximum of 3 separate periods.
•The period of leave shall be "unpaid...

2.Special Incentive Career Break Scheme 2009.
•Successful applicants for a career break under this scheme who work full time will be paid an incentive payment of a third of gross pay to a max of €12,500 per year payable quarterly in arrears, for 3 years.
•Application must be made to...

1.Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement•The Scheme does not apply to Nurses registered under section 65 of the 1945, Mental Treatment Act because this provision allows for " faster accrual rates of service for pension purposes” as it allows staff to retire “with full pension after less than...