I have a problem with the allocation and method of calculation of the increased workload allowance. The incremental allowance is granted up to a maximum of 20% when you are doing someone else's work in addition to your own and it has to be done within your normal working hours. To give an example of the calculation: 43th increment-Counsellor I- gross EUR 2.2.44,07
174 hours of regular work 2.244,07
20% increased workload 448,81
Total 2.692,88
The following month the same employee is on leave for 80 hours
 94 hours regular work 1 212,31
 80 hours annual leave 1,238.11 (the extra volume allowance is counted in the compensation base)
20% increased workload 448,81
Total 2.899,23
It follows that in the month you are absent you receive 206.35 more pay.In addition to the unfair allocation and calculation method of this allowance, it is in breach of the provision of the Labour Relations Act which states that you cannot receive more pay in absent from work than if you were working. I propose to the Government that this allowance be abolished, because doing someone else's work (even for a year or more) means that you do not have enough work of your own, and we are in the service to work, not necessarily just to do our own work. By abolishing this allowance, nobody will be too badly affected, and you will save a great deal of money, which you are obviously looking for in the wrong places.