POA alleges irregularities

The Prison Of­fi­cers As­so­ci­a­tion (POA) is aware of a com­mu­nique cir­cu­lat­ed to se­nior prison of­fi­cials out­lin­ing how over­time pay­ments will be han­dled in the fu­ture and has no ob­jec­tion to it, ac­cord­ing to Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Lester Lo­gie.

Lo­gie told Guardian Me­dia the as­so­ci­a­tion had met with the Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer (CPO) and prison of­fi­cials to clar­i­fy parts of the agree­ment.

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“Some of the things would have been a breach of the agree­ment where of­fi­cers’ of­fi­cial leave en­ti­tle­ments were con­cerned, and how many hours they were en­ti­tled to,” he said.