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| Wednesday, 11 February 2004 |
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The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has threatened to launch trade union action if the health authorities fail to amend the government circular resolving health sector salary anomalies within two weeks. "There are certain anomalies in the new salary circular issued by the Health Ministry Secretary following the trade union action by the Health Services Trade Union Alliance. We want the Ministry to rectify them as they affect Medical Officers, a GMOA spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. Already, several GMOA representatives has had discussions with Health Minister P. Dayaratne in this regard." The Minister agreed to settle the matter, the spokesman added. The Health Services Trade Union Alliance (HSTUA) ended their two week long protest fast last week after health authorities issued a circular granting their demands over salary anomalies. The circular No: 01-02/2004 seeks to implement the salary recommendations of the Ministerial Committee appointed to rectify discrepancies among different categories in the health cadre. According to the circular, 60 per cent of the differences between present and proposed basic salary will be paid from January 2004 while 15 per cent will be paid from September this year. The remainder will be paid in January 2005. Around 39 categories in the health sector will be entitled for a salary hike under this circular. Meanwhile, the Society of Registered and Assistant Medical Officers also threatened trade union action unless health authorities take measures to resolve their salary anomalies. The Society's reaction came after Health Secretary Dr. Reggie Perera removed the category of Registered and Assistant Medical Officers from the Salary Circular issued last week. Society's President Dr. Thilina Gunawardena said Health Ministry Secretary had done an injustice to them by removing their category from the Salary Circular without any discussion with the trade unions. |
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