The expressions of interest for voluntary staff redundancy which was called by the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service ended last Friday, and we are still awaiting comments from the FRCS.
In a circular, Acting CEO, Fay Yee says the FRCS Board and Executive Management have been undertaking significant right sizing exercises over the past few months, following digital transformations to majority of FRCS services and the change in operations environment.
She says the voluntary redundancy option offered was the first step towards making FRCS a more efficient and streamlined organisation.
The severance package for voluntary redundancy includes one week’s pay (base salary per annum) for each completed year of service, an ex-gratia payment of $4000, certificate of service, salary up to and including last day of employment and all legal entitlements such as annual leave pay.
The circular states that the decision to accept or decline voluntary redundancy expressions of interest is at the discretion of FRCS Executive Management.
The General Secretary of the Fiji Public Service Association, Rajeshwar Singh had earlier said that this has been going on for some time where the board has decided to reduce the workforce by 60 percent which is unbelievable.
He says this is serious because FRCS is also charged with looking after border control.
We have sent questions to the Acting CEO of FRCS, Fay Yee. She is yet to respond.
