The limit on overtime pay during the holidays for health sector workers has been lifted.
The limit on overtime pay during holidays for health sector workers has been lifted.
National Pay Commission brought some changes to the framework and published it in the gazette last night.
One of the changes included brings a near resolution to the issue of overtime pay being raised by the Maldives Health Professionals Union (MHPU).
Changes brought to health sector workers' salaries in May 2023 also set a limit on how much overtime pay a worker is entitled to. Prior to this, professionals in the health sector received overtime pay for all work done out of hours, but with the change this was reduced to a maximum of 10 percent of the staff's basic salary.
The MHPU maintains that this is unfair for health sector workers who often have to work many additional hours beyond official working hours.
The new amendment states that the 20th until the end of Ramadan, and official holidays on the calendar, and public holidays declared by the President's Office, should not be included in the 10 percent for overtime pay, and overtime pay must be given to staff who are made to work on these days.
MHPU has welcomed this decision. In a post on social media, the union said that this is a step forward in their efforts to lobby the government and advocate for health professionals' rights since 2023.
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