Gov’t to pay wage hike in October

Public Servants will receive the 10% to 1% differentiated increase on their October salaries in spite of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) having rejected the offer.

Permanent Secretary of the Public Service Department, Reginald Brotherson told Stabroek News yesterday that based on a directive received, his department will be authorizing for October the payment of the government’s final offer retroactive to January 2016.

“This payment will be made without prejudice to whatever steps