The government has reached an agreement so that around 230 civil servants in Greenland will receive the same conditions as state employees in Denmark.
This is stated in a press release by the Ministry of Finance.
The agreement generally means that state civil servants in Greenland will receive higher wages and shorter working hours.
State civil servants in Greenland will also experience improvements in maternity leave, pension and seniority schemes, the Ministry of Finance writes.
- Historically, there has been a difference in pay and employment conditions between state employees in Greenland and Denmark.
- With this agreement, we are taking an important step towards equalizing the conditions and creating a better framework for civil servants across the realm, where geography should not be a determining factor in one's employment conditions, says Minister of Finance Nicolai Wammen in the press release.
Naalakkersuisoq for Finance and Taxes Mùte B. Egede (IA) calls the agreement an important step:
- It is an important step that the conditions for civil servants in Greenland are now equal to the conditions that apply to state employees in Denmark.
- Now comes further work on equality for both civil servants and collective agreement employees – and not least for civil servants who have already retired. It is therefore work that we look forward to, he says.
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