The package will also see the introduction of a new national "on-call allowance" of £15 a session for those who are sent out of their force area on "mutual aid" operations such as dealing with riots.
The majority of calls to the current 0345 universal credit helpline will be free because they are covered by inclusive call plans, but callers who have exceeded their monthly call allowance incur charges on a mobile of up to 55p a minute, depending on the network provider.
Some health workers also receive an 'on-call allowance' when being called to work outside working hours.
The payment process for allowances such as on-call allowance, overtime allowance, leave allowance and subsistence allowance given to newly employed health workers were reported to not be transparent and fair.
One frequent claim was that the difference in allowances, for example the 'on-call allowance' being lower for nurses than for AMOs, was very unfair.
Nursing staff qualifying for this allowance consider it unfair that they receive a lower 'on-call allowance' than for example the AMOs.
One nurse explained: Concerning motivation of staff, the AMOs get TSH 10,000 in 'on-call allowance' whereas the nurses only get TSH 5,000.
For example, child education allowance and commuted overtime allowance were eliminated; the process for obtaining car loans was streamlined to eliminate redundancies; and there had been discussions about expanding on-call allowance to additional cadres.
Others are meant to compensate for the additional work hours often required of health workers in rural areas, including the on-call allowance (for doctors), night duty allowance, and commuted overtime allowance (for other professions).
Participation variables for the graduate recruitment allowance and the on-call allowance were also excluded as they were perfectly collinear; only respondents who participated in one participated in the other.
