Defence Forces to start recording personnel's hours

Members of the Defence Forces don’t get overtime because up to now there has been no official logging of hours worked. File Photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Military management will for the first time start recording hours worked by personnel through a pilot project starting next month.

RACO, which represents 1,100 officers in the Defence Forces has welcomed the news, but has cautioned that the project, which starts on December 1 in three units, needs to become permanent and rolled out across the entire military.