Pay rise for Govt workers welcomed

Pay rise for Govt workers welcomed

By fijivillage.com
23/11/2012
The Fiji Public Service Association has welcomed the pay increases for established and unestablished Government workers.

However, General Secretary, Rajeshwar Singh said other civil servants should have also been given a pay rise.

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It has been announced that all established civil servants with an annual salary below $10,000 will get an increase to go to the $10,000 level while unestablished workers or government wage earners will get a 10% pay rise.

It will benefit 4,541 government employees. 

The pay increments will be effective from January 1st next year and a bonus system will also be introduced for the civil service.

Meanwhile, as announced in this year’s National Budget, there was a 3% pay increase across the whole of government from 1st January this year.

All nurses and doctors also received an additional 3% pay increase which means that they received a 6 percent increase in total in 2012.

Police officers also received a 9% pay rise this year.

Meanwhile, the government said the increase in salary for unestablished workers and civil servants at the low scale is to balance economic and social development.

Permanent Secretary for Finance Filimoni Waqabaca said this is to address poverty as well as reward civil servants. 

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He added they will soon be introducing a higher qualification requirement for certain positions.

The cost of the pay increase is $5.7m                           . 


Story by: Dhanjay Deo & Sofaia Koroitanoa
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