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SECTION (b) BUSINESS CASE FOR RETAINING ALLOWANCE ON

MODIFIED BASIS

(1) What does the employer receive in return for the allowance?

The breakdown of the 59 SAOs in VPHIS are as follows:

19 are SAO’s in a supervisory capacity (in addition there are also 5 SSAO’s in receipt of

the BCC allowance, these are on the bottom of the attached sheet) - business case

exists to maintain the allowance.

20 are upgraded SAO’s (USAO) as agreed in Restructuring Agreement - There is

insufficient business case to maintain this allowance.

2 are MSO posts – allowance should only be paid for the period of time the MSO

officers are acting in that capacity.

8 are SAO’s in Poultry Meat - allowance should only be paid for the period of time the

SAO officers are carrying out meat inspection.

2 are SAO’s in Meat – promoted but not in a supervisory capacity - There is insufficient

business case to maintain this allowance.

7 of the 58 are now working in areas outside of Meat Inspection, they were redeployed

but retained the allowance as the transfer was not at the officers own request – There is

insufficient business case to maintain this allowance for meat duties, so the

assessment should be made by the line HoD of where they are now deployed.

6 officers in receipt of the allowance are due to retire at the end of February 2012

The SAO’s in a supervisory capacity - generally works at a level above the grade of

other SAO staff. (S)he assists the VI manage the technical staff

in food

establishments, and is proactively managing/deploying staff. They assist the VIIC in

their responsibility relation to ‘sign-off’ in respect of substantial funds – TVI fees

and TAO OT and T&S etc. On that basis, a business case exists to maintain the

allowance for SAO in a supervisory capacity.

MSO – for the period of time that these officers are involved in work on BCD, they

undertake duties with very specific responsibilities which relate to significant sums

of money. However, when not carrying out MSO work, they carryout duties of

TAOs and this work does not merit a specific allowance.

Poultry SAO – for the period of time that these officers are involved on delivery of

the post-mortem service, they are working to a higher level of responsibility.

However the allowance should only accrue for the time periods that the specific PM

work is done.

(2) Is the allowance cost effective/represent value for money?

It is cost effective in relation to the Business cases made above.

(3) What type of modification is proposed – e.g. change in rate; change in method of

payment; change basis on which allowance is paid; reduce number of persons in receipt

of allowance; other?

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