The Government has confirmed that Public Servants and members of the Police Force will get the reinstatement of the 10 per cent salary in their pay packets at the end of the month. It takes effect on February 1st and will be paid to those eligible public officers and police officers whose salaries were cut in 2010 as part of the Interim Government’ cost cutting exercise. The 10 per cent reinstatement is expected to add around $4.5 million to the annual wage bill. Here’s —– with more.
The reinstatement is the first phase of a comprehensive review of government salaries and a commitment by TCIG to implement the recommendations of the 2012/2013 Pay and Grading Review. The intention is to make the pay structure of public servants more equitable, reflect the major differences in responsibility and skill levels, promote fairness and provide a structured and transparent salary system. Starting with the 10 per cent reinstatement, it is the intention of government to implement the new pay and grading structure in the 2014/2015 financial year or sooner, pending the country’s financial situation at the end of the second quarter of this year. Beneficiaries include officers who are appointed on a T-scale, TNF-scale or Police Scale.
Officers who were transferred into government from a statutory body will also benefit from the 10 per cent reinstatement if there is evidence that they were subject to the 10 per cent cut. Allowances will also be reinstated to the levels prior to the reduction.Newly appointed officers, officers appointed with a salary outside of the current scales and those whose jobs were recently upgraded and filled such as Heads of Secretariat, Personal Assistants and those employed to the Tax and Radar Units are not eligible for the 10 percent reinstatement.
The Honorable Anya Williams, Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service, said today the Pay and Grading Review was critical in bringing about much needed change in the civil service.The new structure would not only address many of the anomalies that currently existed in Government, but seek to adequately compensate staff for their work and assist in attracting more qualified persons to the civil service going forward.This coupled with a new Public Service Ordinance and innovative training and mentoring programs would help to revolutionize the civil service and will help to make the civil service a model employer of choice.
