Administrative Service Officers And Others Get 5-12% Of Salary Hike
On Monday, the Public Service Division said that the salaries of administrative service officers, judicial and selected statutory appointment holders will increase by between 5 percent to 12 percent. It follows the announcement in June that about 23,000 civil servants would receive salary increases of between 5 per cent and 14 per cent from Aug 1. Last month, The Ministry of Education announced that the 35,000 teachers will get a hike of 5 percent to 12 percent from October as one of initiatives to retain the talent.
Apart from these position holders, 300 administrative officers, 30 judicial and statutory appointment holders will be benefited under this revision, among these there are Chief Justice, Judges of the Court of Appeal, Public Service Commission chairman and Auditor-General, etc.
On this revision of salary hike, the Public Service Division said “These adjustments will enable the public service to continue to attract and retain its fair share of talent for key leadership roles. As a progressive employer, beyond providing competitive salaries, the public service will continue to strengthen development efforts across all schemes of service. Administrative officers can continue to look forward to job rotations, attachments in the private and people sectors, as well as leadership milestone programmes.”
The last revision of such a salary hike happened in 2007 in which all administrative service officers, political, judicial and statutory appointment holders got an increase of 4 percent to 12 percent hike in their salary.
David Leong, managing director of human resources firm PeopleWorldwide Consulting,said ‘‘The public service, in a way, has to compete with private practices for talent. Such adjustments must be seen against this background,”.
