Pay award for Civil Service staff

People working for the Civil Service are getting a pay award.

It’s for last year and 2014/2015 and follows discussions with the Civil Service Commission and the Prospect union.

Agreement has now been reached following a staff ballot.

It means people will get a 0.5 per cent consolidated pay increase for the time from April 1st 2013 and a further 2 per cent increase from April 1st this year.

The money will be paid out in April.