WASA overtime funding cut in 2027 estimates

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Fund­ing al­lo­ca­tions for over­time pay­ments to Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) dai­ly-paid and month­ly-paid work­ers have been re­duced in the 2027 fis­cal pack­age. Al­lo­ca­tions for con­tract em­ploy­ment with­in the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) have al­so been cut.

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The fig­ures are out­lined in the 2027 Draft Es­ti­mates of Rev­enue and Ex­pen­di­ture of Statu­to­ry Boards, Sim­i­lar Bod­ies and the THA, one of the doc­u­ments tabled along­side the na­tion­al Bud­get on Mon­day.