AQW 52462/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) why nurses in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust are not paid for overtime hours worked; (ii) how policy on the payment for overtime hours worked has changed in the last five years, and (iii) whether this is congruent across all Health and Social Care Trusts.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 5 January 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 5 January 2016
- Answer due by
- 20 January 2016
- Answered
- 25 January 201620 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, if it is agreed with their manager that overtime is necessary, and an employee submits an overtime claim to the Trust, then it will be paid as overtime.
Payment for overtime hours is in accordance with Agenda for Change (AfC) Terms and Conditions of Service i.e. time plus half the normal hourly rate, with the exception of work on general public holidays, which will be paid at double time. This has been a consistent approach since the implementation of the AfC Terms and Conditions of Service in 2004.
The Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Service applies to all AfC staff.