On 28 February, public service unions have suspended strike action in the provincial offices of the National Pensions Service (RVP), which they started a week earlier. By then, the unions responded to excessive pressure on staff arising from a number of factors including the rise in the numbers claiming pensions, the increase in enquiries resulting from the national debate over pensions reform, difficulties arising from poor communications from the service and a transfer of responsibilities to the provincial offices without any appropriate allocation of additional resources. The interim manager of RVP has presented a number of possible solutions. The unions, though remaining sceptical, are willing to await concrete measures.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/461#a8480
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