With the permission of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has delegated to Permanent Secretaries the power to appoint persons within the public sector who will be paid between the GS 1 (minimum wage) and GS 3 salary scales ($76,016).
Previously, these officers were only able to appoint staff as high as the GS2 salary scale ($72,053).
According to a notice in this week’s Official Gazette, officers such as the numerous clerks employed within the various government ministries and departments will be employed by Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Department not under Ministerial control, Regional Executive Officers, the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Judicature and the Director of Public Prosecutions as per the approved Estimates of Expenditure.
