PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions Helene Davis-Whyte has welcomed the announcement from Minister of Finance and the Public Service Nigel Clarke that the national budget for 2022/2023 will “give disproportionate focus to the implementation of the restructuring of public sector compensation”.

Speaking last week Wednesday at the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s 17th Regional Investments & Capital Markets Conference, Clarke also said, “Along with the implementation of the public sector compensation restructuring, the Government will continue to pursue the transformation of the public sector and continue to implement the strategies to improve efficiency including mergers, closures and divestment of public bodies…as well as introducing technology to allow us to implement shared services where we can focus resources and over time bring our public sector wages to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio back in line over the medium term.

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