Government workers are giving themselves a payrise by cashing up annual leave (www.thepost.co.nz)

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I take issue with the article's assertion that it's a "sneaky payrise" as if it's somehow dishonest.

I've done this before after accumulating several years worth of leave due to a previous employer having strange ideas about project management and the mythical man-month.

I suppose I was kind of pressured into it, but I also liked having a pseudo-bonus that year.

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 month ago

Paywalled so I can't read the article, but yeah, this is not some sneaky loophole. Unused annual leave is a liability to the employer, and you can't cash in leave without employer agreement.

So I'm gonna argue this is probably better for the government that has just made a bunch of people redundant and pushed that work onto remaining staff, than it is for the staff who deserve some time off but can't take it on account of all that extra work that needs doing.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

Odd, wasn't paywalled for me other wise I'd have found another source.

I guess The Post plays a little bit of silly buggers with the paywall.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

Do you access from work where your work might have an IP-identified work subscription?

It seems The Post is a Stuff site deliberately split off so it can be paywalled regional content (along with a couple of others): https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/29-04-2023/inside-stuffs-bold-unconventional-new-paywall-plan

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

No, I was on a train via cellular, using my regular ol' Firefox...

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

Weird! I'm using Fennec (a fork of Firefox for Android) and I get a paywall every time! I wonder if they have some criteria or maybe something in my stack is triggering it (I have everything from uBlock to Tracker Control to PiHole blocking stuff 😆).

Interestingly, on desktop (Firefox) I'm not getting the paywall! But desktop mode on mobile does paywall me, but mobile mode on desktop doesn't. I don't know what their criteria are 😮‍💨