asked the Minister for Labour the conditions and hourly rates of pay of office cleaners used in his Department; and whether such cleaners are directly employed by his Department or by an outside agency.
Written Answers. - Cleaners' Pay.
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Cleaning in my Department is carried out by three categories of cleaners viz. full-time cleaners, part-time cleaners and contract cleaners.
Full-time cleaners
There are full-time office cleaners employed in the headquarters and one local office of my Department in a temporary unestablished capacity. They are conditioned to a 42 hour working week and their rate of pay if £106.61 per week.
Part-time cleaners
There are part-time cleaners employed by my Department in 12 local offices around the country at an hourly rate of pay of £2.795.
Contract cleaners
My Department employs the services of contract cleaning firms in 23 offices of the Department—mainly local offices. In each of these cases, the Department have a contract with the cleaning firm which, in turn, employs the workers.