Hi all, I am a Clerical Officer in the public service and am looking for a transfer from my current department, I would prefer to work somewhere that has a flexi system which they don't really have in my current department.
I identified a couple of departments via the Union magazine and i approached my personnel department about it 3 weeks ago.
To cut a long short short they have rejected my request today, basically they have said that because I recently did a course which cost approx 3k that it is not in their interest to release me, I felt that this was a ridiclous reason to reject my request but I believe the reason is down to my HEO, as I told her first what I wanted to do and she was not happy and said that I could not go until somebody else was trained up and that could take about 9 months, which is load of crap as there is another Clerical Officer in the office that does the exact same work as me so its not as if I am just up and leaving.
Can they block my request, I could understand if I was an AP but I am just a Clerical Officer!, I have asked my union for their advice on this but they have not come back to me yet, any advice would be appreciated.
I identified a couple of departments via the Union magazine and i approached my personnel department about it 3 weeks ago.
To cut a long short short they have rejected my request today, basically they have said that because I recently did a course which cost approx 3k that it is not in their interest to release me, I felt that this was a ridiclous reason to reject my request but I believe the reason is down to my HEO, as I told her first what I wanted to do and she was not happy and said that I could not go until somebody else was trained up and that could take about 9 months, which is load of crap as there is another Clerical Officer in the office that does the exact same work as me so its not as if I am just up and leaving.
Can they block my request, I could understand if I was an AP but I am just a Clerical Officer!, I have asked my union for their advice on this but they have not come back to me yet, any advice would be appreciated.