The proposals as set out below were accepted by the Public Services Committee of the ICTU on 14 December 2011. The new standardised leave arrangements will facilitate the creation of a more mobile public service by having personnel across diverse sectors and organisations with harmonized conditions of employment. In addition the new arrangements address annual leave anomalies which may have existed in certain sectors of the public service. These standardised leave arrangements are being implemented at sectoral and organisational level across the public service. These arrangements include for example: The abolition of historically based local leave arrangements such as for example festivals and race meetings; Bringing all public service grades with a current leave allowance in excess of 32 days within that maximum (i.e. 32 days) commencing from 1 January 2012; Placing all public service personnel, on recruitment or promotion, on a new standardised annual leave band ranging from a minimum of 22 days to a maximum of 30 days with immediate effect [i.e.14 December 2011].
Any issues that might arise in relation to the implementation of the agreement will be dealt with through the procedures laid down in the Croke Park Agreement where appropriate. It is a matter for the relevant Minister to provide further more specific details in relation to the arrangements that have existed in the past in particular sectors.
