… Union, Labour Ministry disagreesLocal Government Minister Norman Whittaker has pronounced on the ongoing employment spat involvingTown Clerk Carol Soobaa young office clerk; endorsing what city Councillors say is the “illegal” demotion of 20-year-old Nnesah Hinds by acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba.Hinds, who was hired by the Council more than eight months ago, is yet to be paid for duties performed as a clerk attached to the Mayor’s office. While the Council’s Personnel Department and the majority of Councillors made the decision to hire the young woman, the Town Clerk, they say, “deliberately” withheld the young woman’s salary since July of last year.She subsequently said that the young woman was unqualified for the post and instructed the Personnel Department to rewrite an employment letter, demoting her to a Clerk I staff and paid accordingly, retroactive to the date of her employment.Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said that this could not be done since the Personnel Department had followed all the employment procedures; the woman had the required qualifications and the Council at Statutory had supported the employment. Chase-Green told Kaieteur News on Sunday that the Minister had assured that the woman would be paid last Friday after speaking with Sooba, but this was never done.In a letter received by Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday, Minister Whittaker said,Cheap Jerseys China, “I concur with the appointment of Ms. Nnesha Hinds as Clerk 1 General attached to the Mayor’s Office with effect from July 01,Jerseys Authentic Stitched, 2014,” and asked that, “all efforts be made to have Ms. Hinds paid her salary retroactive toLocal Government Minister Norman WhitakerJuly 1, 2014 by March 31,Wholesale China Jerseys, 2015 latest.”For the post of Clerk II, five CXC grades are required. Chase-Green said that the young woman has seven subjects. In the Minister’s letter, he quoted the seven subjects which include three grade fours.To this, the Minister said, “My recollection as a School Teacher and School Administrator is that Grades 1 to 3 at CXC General Proficiency level are considered passes.” He contended that the fours attained by the young lady did not qualify her for the job. “It is obvious that Ms Hinds has three passes at the CXC General Proficiency level: qualifications that do not even meet the requirement for employment as a General Clerk 1…”However,Cheap Jerseys From China, Deputy Mayor Chase-Green said that the Council’s Personnel Department has been accepting grade four passes for some years now, since the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) had issued a circular instructing that the grade is a pass which represented “a moderate grasp” of the subject.”After contact was made with the Labour Ministry, the Deputy Mayor confirmed this information. According to her the Labour Ministry noted that indeed a circular was issued to the region advising that grade four was a pass.Chase Green contended however,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, that the Minister’s letter is simply his opinion and holds no merit because the Council has already decided on the matter. The Deputy, who was part of the interview panel for the post of Town Clerk, said that while Sooba claims that the woman is unqualified, she is yet to provide herMayor Hamilton Greenqualifications for the post she currently holds.Mayor Hamilton Green in a response to the Minister’s letter said that no matter how grave the shortcomings and wrongdoings committed by the Town Clerk,NFL Jerseys 2018, the Minister seems “duty bound to support her and has not once reprimanded her.”He said that the Minister’s utterances are inconsistent since he “has installed to the top of the Council’s Administrative structure a person whose qualifications are yet to be seen and who is clearly less qualified than Hinds.”“Miss Sooba has failed to produce certified copies of even those qualifications she claims to have, including that of being a law student at the University of Guyana for eight years.”? The Council made it clear at yesterday’s Statutory meeting that Hinds must be paid at the position originally hired.The Mayor also brought up the issue where Sooba “arbitrarily” cut the Council’s communication personnel’s salary in half. He said that Sooba was summoned to a meeting with the Labour Ministry, which was also attended by the Local Government?Officers’?Union?(GLGOU)?but offered no excuse as to why she did not attend. Both agencies have recommended further action to be taken in both matters, the Mayor said.Sooba is however no stranger to such matters. In December, two nurses, supported by their colleagues picketed her office whe