A decision has been taken for all public school sweepers/cleaners to be allowed to work a daily eight-hour shift, Minister of Education Nicolette Henry announced yesterday.
Henry, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Education, made the disclosure during a meeting with sweepers/ cleaners at the St Stanislaus College, where she also said that the previous six-hour cap on their work has been scrapped.
Henry’s meeting with the sweepers/cleaners comes just over a week after Cabinet approved a recommendation for the regularisation of the employment of sweepers/ cleaners, particularly those attached to public schools, as government moved to address longstanding issues related to the payment and conditions of service of the workers.
