Civil servants to get pay rise plus mid-year bonus next month

Low wage civil servants can get upto +$90 increment for the year.

The Singapore economy expanded modestly by 1.6% in the first quarter of 2012, compared to 3.6% in the previous quarter. The Ministry of Trade and Industry forecasts GDP growth of 1% to 3% for 2012. The global economy is also vulnerable to downside risks due to increased uncertainty in the Eurozone, the sluggish US labour market and slower growth in Asia arising from weak export performance.

Against this backdrop, the Government has decided to pay a mid-year Annual Variable Component (AVC) of 0.3-month.

The Government also considered the National Wages Council’s (NWC) recommendation to grant a built-in wage increase of at least $50 to low-wage workers earning up to $1,000 per month, and decided to go beyond these recommendations for civil servants in Divisions IV and III.

Division IV civil servants, including those earning more than $1,000 a month, will get an additional increment of $60 per month. This is in addition to their normal annual increments. Division IV civil servants who have reached the maximum of their salary scales will get the same wage increase of $60 per month. This will benefit around 3,600
civil servants.

Division III civil servants, all of whom earn more than $1,000 per month, will get an additional increment of $30 per month. This is in addition to their normal annual increments. Division III civil servants who have reached the maximum of their salary scales will get the same wage increase of $30 per month. This will benefit around 5,900 civil servants.

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