Government To Increase Base Pay By 30% After Several Months Of Deliberation- See Details
It has been months of engagement with government to review the base pay for government workers
Yesterday, January 12, 2023, Organized labour honoured the invitation by Fair Wages and Salaries commission to continue with the deliberation on the base pay.
Present at the meeting were the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations with his deputy, the Deputy Minister of Finance, and her team and Chief Executive Officer for the Fair Wages and Commission.
The Minister for Employment opened the meeting and informed the house that government was ready to offer 25% and labour also revised it position from 50% to 35%.
After several caucuses government side moved to 27% which was rejected by labour and labour also moved to 30% which happens to be the fall back that will never be revised.
The meeting was joined by the Minister of Finance and pleaded with labour to accept 27% and later moved to 28.5%. After several discussions it was agreed by both Government and labour to increase the base pay by 30%.
At the end of the meeting the base pay was increased by 30%. This will be a great relieve to government workers and a better option than the initial 15% which was proposed by government.
See Official Statement from Government;
