The government yesterday announced that it has approved a 5% across-the-board increase in salaries and wages retroactive to January 1, 2012 for all public servants.
In a statement issued by the Government Information Agency (GINA), it said that the decision was taken by the government to “avoid the disappointment of workers who have expectations of a salary increase payout, before Chrismas.” It added that the government said it wished to reiterate its commitment to “ensuring that workers receive a living wage, and will continue its participation in the ongoing negotiations between the workers’ representatives and the Govern-ment with the intention of ultimately arriving at a Multi-Year Wages and Salary Agreement.”
The eligible public servants, according to the statement, are those employed in ministries, departments not under ministerial control, regional administrations as well
