Health workers challenge precarious employment

The public service federation, Frente Comum, has submitted a proposal to the government to reduce the level of temporary employment in the public sector. The federation argues that a proper process of recruitment should take place to enable temporary workers to apply for permanent jobs. The unions argue that in many cases employees on fixed-term contracts are doing jobs that are required on a permanent basis and so it is a matter of fairness that they have the chance to get a permanent contract. The federation also emphasises that this would be an important measure in the current climate with

The CSC public service federation has criticised a decision by the Council of Ministers to allow for the recruitment of contractual and agency workers to parts of the federal civil service. The union argues that there should have been a proper process of negotiation over the proposal to appoint contractual workers migration issues. The union thinks the government is using the pretence of categorising certain issues, such as migration, as “auxiliary” matters so that it can appoint contractual staff rather than statutory civil servants. The CSC also argues that the Ministry of Justice’s plan to