Media Releases
March 28, 2024 – At a staff sensitisation session on March 21, 2024, the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial disclosed that the Cabinet had granted approval for a new Organisational Structure for the Personnel Department.
March 25th, 2024 – The Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial distributed appointment letters
to nine (9) Human Resource Advisers in the Personnel Department.
January 12, 2024: Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial hosted the newly elected Executive of
the Fire Service Association of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd Division) as they paid a courtesy visit to introduce their new
Executive on January 11th, 2024 at the Office of the Personnel Department.
January 16, 2024: Following their recent visit to the Personnel Department in December 2023, the All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union (ATGWTU) returned to the Offices of the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial to sign Collective Agreements on behalf of Junior Monthly paid, Hourly and Daily-Rated workers of the Sugarcane Feeds Centre, for the periods January 01, 2014 to December 31, 2016 and January 01, 2017 to December 31, 2019.
December 27, 2023: The Chief Personnel Officer Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial wishes to thank the staff of the Personnel Department for supporting and recognising the positive impact they can have by supporting others in need. Introduced by Commander Dindial, as an opportunity to strengthen ‘Team CPO ’as part of its philanthropic responsibility, the Margaret Kistow Children’s Home was adopted.
December 15, 2023: Public Officers from several Ministries/Departments and the Tobago House of Assembly benefitted from an intensive training workshop that sought to equip Public Officers with critical information in the processing of increments and pension and leave records, to enable the timely payment of pensions and gratuities to retired Public Officers and Contracted employees.
December 14, 2023: On December 14 2023, the All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union (ATGWTU) accepted the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial’s 4% salary offer and signed off on the Report on behalf of the employees at the Mora Valley Farm for the periods 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019 at the Office of Chief Personnel Officer.
October 10, 2023 – The Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, met with the Police Service Association earlier today to discuss a number of outstanding issues they agreed in principle to continue dialogue on. Discussions included Upkeep/Travelling Allowance to be paid with salaries, the inclusion of Twin-Cab Vehicles (T-Vehicles) for Travelling Officers, installation of CNG Kits, Group Health Plans, Pension Reform and the Job Evaluation Exercise.
June 2, 2023 – The Executive of the Fire Service Associations (1st & 2nd Division) accepted the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial’s 4% Salary Offer following an emergency meeting with their members who voted in favour of accepting the offer. The Fire Service Associations signed off on a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) accommodating the 4% salary increase for the periods 2014-2016 and 2017-2019.
May 19, 2023 – A matter filed in the Special Tribunal by the Public Service Association (PSA) on payment of overtime to Customs Officers was adjudicated on Wednesday 17th May, 2023 with a successful judgement in favour of the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial.
May 17, 2023 – Months of deliberation ended earlier today, with the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) accepting the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial’s 4% salary offer for the periods 2014-2017 and 2017-2020 with enhanced entitlements included in the Memorandum of Agreement.
May 9, 2023 – The 2nd Division Prison Officers can now anticipate receiving enhanced entitlements enclosed in the Memorandum of Agreement signed off by the Prison Officers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (POATT) 2nd Division accepting the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial’s 4% offer for the periods 2014-2016 and 2017-2019.
March 31, 2023 – Today, the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service 1st Division Officers’ Association signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), accepting the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial’s 4% offer for the periods 2014-2016 and 2017-2019.
February 28, 2023 - The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Social and Welfare Association (TTPSWA)
representing the 1st and 2nd Divisions met with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl
Dindial to commence preliminary discussions on a new Job Evaluation Exercise for Offices within the Trinidad
and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) at the Office of the CPO, earlier today.
November 16th, 2022 – On November 15th, 2022 the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, signed Memoranda of Agreements (MoA) with the Associations representing the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service, on the establishment of formal Grievance Procedures for their Officers.
November 9, 2022 - Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) met with and congratulated the newly elected Officials of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) Executive on November 8th, 2022 as part of a courtesy visit to allow for introductions and exchanges.
The Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial met with members of the Amalgamated Workers Union (AWU) on October 19 2022 to convene discussions on a new Job Evaluation Exercise for daily paid workers of the Port of Spain City Corporation. Included in the offer by the CPO, that Amalgamated Workers Union accepted in August 2022 is the new Job Evaluation Exercise. Dr. Dindial advises that TTD 1 Million was allocated to initiate the exercise in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
November 1 - The Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, and the Fire Service 2nd Division Association continues to work together to establish conditional agreements surrounding the standardizing of Vacation Leave for Officers in the Fire Service. Commander Dindial met with the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service pt and 2nd Divisions on October 27th to sign a Memorandum of Agreement that regularises the entitlements of Vacation Leave for Fire Officers.
Officers of The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service (TTPrS) 2nd Division Association met with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), to regularise Vacation Leave for Prison Officers on October 18th, 2022.
The Trinidad and Tobago Defence (TTDF) accepted the Chief Personnel Officer, Dr. Daryl Dindial's 4% salary offer and signed off on the Report for the periods 2014-2016 and 2017-2019, at the Office of Chief Personnel Officer, earlier today.
Earlier this afternoon, the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO), Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, and the Amalgamated Workers Union signed off on Collective Agreements for the periods 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. The parties would have met on five (5) occasions plus virtually over the last six (6) months and treated several outstanding issues affecting workers of the Union.
May 25, 2022 Port of Spain: The Office of the Chief Personnel Officer wishes to advise the public that negotiations with Public Sector Unions are scheduled to continue in the month of June 2022. Accordingly, the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial has indicated to all parties on May 19, 2022 that the following dates were identified to continue discussions with the following Associations/Unions:
As the Job Evaluation Exercise for offices in the Civil Service, including the Tobago House of Assembly and Statutory Authorities continues to progress, the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial wishes to advise that work on Phase 3 of the exercise continues apace.
As the Job Evaluation Exercise for offices in the Civil Service, including the Tobago House of Assembly and Statutory Authorities continues to progress, the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial wishes to advise that work on Phase 3 of the exercise continues apace.
April 1st 2022, Port of Spain: Acting on instructions given by the Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial wishes to advise that wage negotiations with all Public Service Associations/Unions have commenced on March 28th, 2022 at the Personnel Department's Office, No. 3 Alexandra Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain.
The Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, convened a meeting on February 11th, 2022 with senior officials of the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service to commence discussions on a new Job Evaluation Exercise for offices within the Prison Service, subsequent to the last review of the Prison Service Classification and Compensation system which was implemented in the early 2000s.
The Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr. Daryl Dindial, expresses his profound gratitude to the Public Services Association, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Departments and Agencies as well as all the public officers who are engaged in the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Service (TTCS) Job Evaluation Exercise (JEE) being guided by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Limited for offices in the Civil Service, including the Tobago House of Assembly and Statutory Authorities, subject to the Statutory Authorities Act, Chapter 24:01.).