Deputy Financial Secretary Wayne Jones - Gleaner photo
Deputy Financial Secretary Wayne Jones has said implementation of the Special Early Retirement Programme (SERP) will require that government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) practise effective manpower planning in reorganising job functions.
The SERP, being implemented through the Public Sector Transformation Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, is a voluntary separation initiative.
Public-sector employees, age 50 to 59, can take up early retirement through an incentivised package.
Under the programme, MDAs are required to replace no more than 15 per cent of the savings attained through persons taking up the SERP.
Mr. Jones said it is an opportunity for MDAs to assess their manpower needs and work arrangements as they will be required to make adjustments that will not include a 100 per cent replacement for persons who have left the organisation.
He was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service 'Think Tank' on Wednesday.
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