PSD yet to decide on year-end salary revision for civil
servants
By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 23
October 2008 1831 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Public Service Division (PSD) says it will
need some time to study the private sector data and salary trends
before coming to a decision on whether the Civil Service will see a
year-end salary revision for 2008.
It said, "Civil service salaries are reviewed and revised regularly
to keep in line with the private sector."
However, bonuses are expected to be scaled down.
The PSD says a significant part of a senior civil servant's annual
pay is structured as a GDP Bonus, which is pegged to the GDP growth
rate.
If Singapore's GDP falls, the bonus will also fall. For example,
ministers can get a three-month bonus if Singapore's GDP grows by 5
per cent. If the GDP growth is 2 per cent or less, they will not
get a GDP Bonus.
Minister-in-charge of Civil Service Teo Chee Hean had said in 2007
in Parliament that ministers will enjoy higher GDP bonuses only if
the economy is doing well.
"Twenty per cent of the ministers' salaries will be predicated on
the GDP bonus. Another quarter is performance-dependent," Mr Teo
said.
Singapore's economy is expected to grow by three per cent in 2008,
lower than the initial forecast of between four and five per
cent.
The third phase of salary adjustment for civil servants is
scheduled for the end of 2008, following similar adjustments in
January 2008 and April 2007. This is to bring public sector pay
closer to private sector benchmarks.
- CNA/yt
I think what this article is really saying is that there
will be a pay hike for ministers at the end of the year while the
rest of us get nothing.
How can they expect to lead with loyal followers if they keep on
doing unjust things like this?!
