Lower-wage civil servants to get salary increase in April: Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. TODAY file photo
10 Mar 2015 03:55PM
(Updated: 10 Mar 2015 07:54PM)
SINGAPORE — About 2,200 lower-wage civil servants will see a salary increase of between S$60 and S$80 next month, as part of a regular review to keep salaries market competitive, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said today (March 10).
Their salary scales will also be lengthened from next month, so that officers who have reached the previous maximum of their scales can receive further increments as they upgrade their skills, he told Parliament during the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Committee of Supply debate.
From 2012 to 2014, together with regular salary adjustments, lower-wage officers have received built-in wage increases of S$60 to S$70 per year -- amounting to total salary adjustments of between S$300 and S$330, or a 25 per cent increase in their monthly salaries.
This was over and above their annual increments, said Mr Teo, who is also the minister-in-charge of the Civil Service.
He was responding to Member of Parliament Ang Hin Kee (Ang Mo Kio GRC), who had requested for an update on upgrading lower-wage officers, most of whom are operation support officers in schools.
The salary scale for such operation support officers -- whose roles include simple administrative and office work, and maintaining general cleanliness of schools -- ranges between S$1,114 and $1,313.
The salary increases that the officers will be getting will depend on factors such as their salaries and work performances.
“The Public Service will continue to work closely with the unions, and make salary adjustments where necessary, while providing our lower-wage officers with relevant opportunities to upgrade our skills,” Mr Teo said.
He added that the Civil Service’s Training Incentive Scheme rewards officers who upgrade themselves by learning new skills.
Last August, Civil Service officers on the non-graduate schemes received a pay hike of about 5 per cent, shortly after the monthly salaries of lower-wage civil servants were raised in response to recommendations made by the National Wages Council.
Their salary scales will also be lengthened from next month, so that officers who have reached the previous maximum of their scales can receive further increments as they upgrade their skills, he told Parliament during the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Committee of Supply debate.
From 2012 to 2014, together with regular salary adjustments, lower-wage officers have received built-in wage increases of S$60 to S$70 per year -- amounting to total salary adjustments of between S$300 and S$330, or a 25 per cent increase in their monthly salaries.
This was over and above their annual increments, said Mr Teo, who is also the minister-in-charge of the Civil Service.
He was responding to Member of Parliament Ang Hin Kee (Ang Mo Kio GRC), who had requested for an update on upgrading lower-wage officers, most of whom are operation support officers in schools.
The salary scale for such operation support officers -- whose roles include simple administrative and office work, and maintaining general cleanliness of schools -- ranges between S$1,114 and $1,313.
The salary increases that the officers will be getting will depend on factors such as their salaries and work performances.
“The Public Service will continue to work closely with the unions, and make salary adjustments where necessary, while providing our lower-wage officers with relevant opportunities to upgrade our skills,” Mr Teo said.
He added that the Civil Service’s Training Incentive Scheme rewards officers who upgrade themselves by learning new skills.
Last August, Civil Service officers on the non-graduate schemes received a pay hike of about 5 per cent, shortly after the monthly salaries of lower-wage civil servants were raised in response to recommendations made by the National Wages Council.
Source: TODAY
