Maldives nurses complain over salary changes and working hours
Changes to overtime and allowances mean less pay per month, nurses say.
30 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
Nurses in the Maldives have expressed concern over salary changes and working hours, local media reported, following new Health Ministry guidelines introduced earlier this month.
If a nurse’s previous basic monthly salary was MVR5,600 (US$362), the new guidelines push it up to MVR9,000, according to Mihaaru. A service allowance of MVR2,500 goes up to MVR3,000.
However a risk allowance, which attendants, receptionists and doctors at hospitals and island health centres were eligible for, and a shift duty allowance has been cancelled, meaning earnings are lowered by about MVR700.
Nurses were entitled to overtime pay if they worked longer than six hours, whereas the new framework only permits overtime for shifts longer than eight hours.
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