AQW 45454/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for his assessment of the current level of unpaid hours worked by Health and Social Care staff, as unpaid overtime; and what consideration has been given to quantifying and providing payment for this work.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 6 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 6 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 21 May 2015
- Answered
- 27 May 201521 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The current level of unpaid hours worked by Health and Social Care staff, as unpaid overtime, is not collated centrally by individual HSC Employers and is therefore unknown.
Part 2 Section 3 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Service provides for additional hours worked to be accumulated as time off in lieu (TOIL) and converted to payment if TOIL is not able to be taken within a reasonable timeframe, normally 3 months.
A copy of the Handbook is available at:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/~/media/Employers/Documents/Pay%20and%20reward/AfC_tc_of_service_handbook_fb.pdf