Salary hike unveiled for public servants

Effective July 1, 2015, the minimum salary in the public service will be $50,000 per month while public servants who earned more will receive a 5 percent salary increase plus an additional $5000 monthly as of the same date, Minis-ter of Finance Winston Jordan announced yesterday.

“Mr Speaker, I wish to announce an increase in the minimum basic salary of each public servant to $50,000, effective July 1, 2015. This translates to a 26.4 percent increase for those still earning the old