Public servants to get 5% increase

Roger Luncheon

Public service employees will soon be receiving a salary increase of 5% that will be retroactive to January 2013.

Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon made the disclosure at his weekly press briefing yesterday, where he noted that the provision for the increase was made in the 2013 budget.

The announcement, however, does not signal the commencement of preparations for payout, Luncheon cautioned. He said that an official announcement