By CELESTE NIXON

Tribune Staff Reporter

cnixon@tribunemedia.net

THE Government is hindering the advancement of qualified civil servants by rehiring retired supervisors, a union leader claimed.

Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) president John Pinder said his union is concerned over the appointment of retired top civil servants to positions that many workers in the public service are qualified to fill.

"In our view," he said, "it demoralises the more subordinate officers in terms of not being allowed to advance to those top positions - in most cases we have persons who are qualified to move up, however the government is not giving them the opportunity."

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