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Health Insurance
Government employees and retirees may choose to enroll in a group health insurance policy with Alphonso Warner Insurance Agency, local agents for Atlantic Southern Insurance. The Government pays 50 percent of each employee’s premium, while the employee is responsible for the full premium for their spouse or any dependants. The Government pays the full premium amount for risk employees.
Pension Benefit
Estimate your pension and/or gratuity with our pension calculator.
The Government pays a pension to all permanent and pensionable retirees. Retirees may choose to be paid either a full pension with no gratuity or a reduced pension and a lump sum gratuity.
Pensions are calculated using a formula that includes your length of service and your last salary.
Daily-paid, or non-established, workers with seven or more years of service are eligible for a lump sum compassionate gratuity. Those with fifteen or more years of service can opt for either a monthly allowance or a capital lump sum. In any case the retirement age applies.
The information on this website is general only. Call or visit the Human Resources Department Benefits Administration Unit at 494-3701 ext. 2178 to find out exactly what your pension benefits will be.
Salary and Allowances
Salaries
Salaries in the Public Service are determined using the official salary scale, published annually in the Budget Estimates. Jobs in the public service are graded according to the level of responsibility and educational qualifications required. Employees move up within each grade according to their annual performance appraisals. » Salary Scale
Allowances
Certain employees are eligible for allowances to offset expenses related to their employment. These include:
Travel allowance – paid to employees who are required to be mobile in the regular performance of their duties.
Special allowance – paid to a limited number of posts that may or may not require the post-holder to be mobile and which do not fit into either the travelling or car allowance categories.
Mileage allowance – paid at a rate of $1 per mile to employees who make the odd trip in their own vehicles.
Telephone allowance – normally attached to management positions in senior grades and other employees where it is determined that a personal telephone is frequently used in the performance of their job.
Entertainment allowance – paid to employees in senior posts who are expected to entertain visiting officials or overseas staff.
On-call allowance – paid to employees in the health services and elsewhere who must be on-call or available around the clock to perform their specialty function.
Uniform allowance – paid to nurses.
Leave
Leave Prior to Retirement
An officer applying for leave with the intention of retiring may be granted, immediately prior to the effective dates of his retirement or pension, the accumulated leave for which he is eligible together. This leave may not total more than 12 months without the authority of the Governor.
Leave Prior to Resignation
An officer who has served for at least 12 months and resigns his appointment after giving the prescribed notice, or because of ill health, will be granted the annual and accumulated leave for which he is eligible, provided –
(a) that leave shall be included as part of the period of notice of termination of services, and
(b) that any officer or employee who, while on duty, resigns and fails to give the requisite period of notice or who pays salary in lieu of notice, will forfeit any leave for which he is eligible.
Sick Leave
An officer or employee may be granted sick leave –
(a) if he is ill or injured, provided that the illness or injury prevents him from carrying out his duties and was not caused by his own misconduct or by his failure to take reasoning precautions;
(b) if he is confined to a hospital or similar institution for a period of not less then 14 days while on vacation leave.
An officer who is permanent and pensionable may be granted sick leave on full salary up to a maximum period of six months during any period of 12 months if there is reasonable prospect of his recovery from illness or injury. After that further extension of sick leave on half salary may be granted subject to a maximum period of 12 months sick leave in all on full and half salary combined, provided that if an officer is eligible for accumulated leave when such leave or half pay is granted, such accumulated leave may be taken on full salary and thus reduce the period of sick leave on half salary. Sick leave beyond an aggregate of twelve months in any period of four years or less will be without salary and will not count as service for salary increments or pension.
Maternity leave
A female officer who requires leave for maternity purposes may be granted leave for which she may be eligible and if she is a pensionable or contract officer may be granted
a) Special maternity leave on full salary for a period not exceeding one month
b) Leave on half pay for two months
c) Leave without pay for an additional period not exceeding one month.
Leave on urgent private affairs
An officer may be granted leave on the grounds of urgent private affairs and an application for such leave must be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the application and be submitted to the Director of Human Resources through the Head of Department to which the officer is posted. The statement will, if desired, be treated as confidential. Leave on urgent private affairs will be granted on the authority of the Governor and the officer granted leave will be required to take, as necessary all leave for which he is eligible. He may be granted in addition leave on full salary to bring the total leave granted to three months, provided that such additional leave as may be granted will count against his future leave eligibility. If the officer retires, resigns or is discharged before he becomes eligible for leave equal to the additional un-earned leave taken, he will refund to the Government the salary he was paid during that leave.
Study Leave – (See Training Division)
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