The Bahamas controversy over unplaced Public Servants, has taken another turn with Minister of State for Public Service, Pia Glover-Rolle saying she had asked private sector employers if they would take on the surplus workers.
Ahead of a Cabinet meeting, Ms Glover-Rolle (pictured) told reporters she had a list of people showing up to work, but there was nothing for them to do.
“Then you have persons in some instances that aren’t showing up and are being paid,” Ms Glover-Rolle said.
“I think it’s important in a responsible Government that there is accountability and transparency,” she said.
“The taxpayer’s money is being used to fund the salaries of these persons and they are not providing a decent day’s work for the pay they are receiving.”
Ms Glover-Rolle said that as a result she had spoken to some private sector employers who might be interested in engaging workers on the Government payroll in some decent work.
Ms Glover-Rolle said 233 persons had been approved by the former Government for employment in July 2021 before the September General Election when it lost office to Philip Davis’s Progressive Liberal Party.
On becoming Prime Minister, Mr Davis put an immediate hold on hiring after finding that 85 workers remained without posts.
Ms Glover-Rolle also indicated that 68 people hired before the election were already in work, but were under review due to “gross attendance irregularities”.
“There are also a number of individuals who are not working because they are unvaccinated,” she said.
Nassau, 25 November 2021
