Pub­lic Ser­vices’ As­so­ci­a­tion’s (PSA) pres­i­dent Fe­l­isha Thomas has agreed that pub­lic ser­vants will take a part pay­ment of the back­pay Gov­ern­ment will owe them be­fore the end of the year.

The ad­vance on the ar­rears, ex­pect­ed to be dis­bursed on or be­fore De­cem­ber 23, was one of the main fea­tures of the agree­ment Thomas signed off on with Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer Daryl Din­di­al ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing, fol­low­ing hours of ne­go­ti­a­tions which start­ed on Mon­day evening.

And while Thomas was yes­ter­day un­will­ing to dis­close the full fig­ure of the ad­vance on back­pay that will be owed to the 25,000 pub­lic ser­vants her union rep­re­sents, she an­tic­i­pates they will be hap­py with the fig­ure pro­vid­ed.