Africa-Press – Cape verde. Several employees at Hospital Regional João Morais (HRJM), Ribeira Grande, Santo Antão, say they are “angry” due to the successive delays in paying overtime, claim that the situation dates back five months and ask for “convincing” clarification from the employer. .
The group of HRJM employees hired by the Ministry of Health (MS), who contacted Inforpress to report the situation, asked not to be identified for “fear of possible threats”.
They claimed that they have been “suffering abuse” from their employers regarding late payment of overtime over the last four years.
“We have been making the same complaint for the last four years, and being ignored by the leaders, especially the Minister of Health. This year there are already five months of candles in arrears and when they decide to pay, they do not pay us the full amount, they deduct two months, it remains three months and then let it be reassembled”, they highlighted.
The same sources stated that they were “outraged” by the lack of clarification on the part of the MS, demanding a “brief and convincing” explanation.
“We please ask that the Minister of Health show a little empathy, at least put herself in our shoes and imagine spending five months without part of her salary”, they requested.
The officials also stressed that they hope the situation will be resolved by the end of December, and threatened that otherwise they will turn to “other means”.
Inforpress tried several times to contact the director of HRJM, Nilton Sousa, but was unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, in September 2022, contacted by Inforpress, Nilton Sousa stressed that the situation with overdue candles was “in the process of being resolved”.
The person responsible explained that from the information he had at the time, there was an error in the processing of administrative data, but these were duly identified and the situation would be “normalized”.
However, the leader recalled the situation that the country has been going through in recent years, which has culminated in late payments for candles.
According to Nilton Sousa, this is a “restricted” number of employees who have overdue candles and he guaranteed that they “never” failed to receive them, even if they were late.
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