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Strike by PSNI staff over ‘danger money’ payments is postponed

A planned strike by about 1,500 police staff has been postponed after an “interim agreement” was reached, the trade union Nipsa has said.

The dispute is over “danger money” payments known as the revised environmental allowance.

Nipsa said the breakthrough followed talks in recent days with Justice Minister Naomi Long and Chief Constable Jon Boutcher.

Duties carried out by the staff include call handling and work at crime scenes and custody suites.

In a statement, Nipsa said the dispute had not been resolved fully and some action short of walk-outs would continue.

The 24-hour strike on 11 July and other action on 12-13 July has been called off.

The interim agreement involves a one-off payment of about £500 to each staff member, pending a longer-term solution.

The PSNI has about 2,200 civilian staff and the total cost of the measure will be about £1.3m.


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