State to pay ex-ACTT employees

The State has been given seven days in which to pay the arrears amounting to $498,993.14 and interest of $13,578.24. The nine - Roshan Haracksingh, an attorney; Josette Rodney, an attorney; Crista Daniel, corporate communications officer; Kereen McPherson, quality assurance officer; Vonrick Knights, network specialist; Joy Francis, Trade Specialist; Raquel Sukhu, student; Shirvan Valley, accountant and Marsha McKay, a teacher - filed a breach of contract lawsuit claiming they had a legitimate expectation that they would be subject to the revised compensation structure as soon as the relevant approval was received from the Ministry of Education.

According to their lawsuit, they were employed by the ACTT for different periods in different capacities from November 2010 to October 2013 and November 2013 to October 2016. They said during their employment, they were given assurances that they would be subject to revised salaries and allowances.