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The year-end bonus of 1.3 months is higher than the 1.05-month bonus in 2024.<\/p>\n
Taken together with the mid-year payment <\/span>of 0.4 months<\/span>, civil servants will receive a total of 1.7 months in the full-year annual variable component (AVC), with those in the more junior grades receiving total lump-sum payments of up to S$1,000 this year.<\/span><\/p>\n PSD said the payment for junior-grade officers is in line with the NWC’s recommendations to uplift the wages of lower-wage workers.<\/p>\n “The government will continue to adopt a progressive approach in determining the AVC for civil servants,” it added.<\/p>\n Ms Cham Hui Fong, deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), said that the labour movement and the public sector unions welcome this year’s year-end annual variable component payment for civil servants, describing it as “significant”.<\/span><\/p>\n “Including the mid-year payments, the full-year AVC is one of the highest in recent years. This outcome comes after negotiations we have had with the PSD,” she added.<\/span><\/p>\n The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) had negotiated for the payout together with the public sector unions and NTUC.<\/span><\/p>\n The bonus “is a fair recognition by the government for our civil servants\u2019 work, in a rapidly evolving environment, as the economy stabilises amid ongoing uncertainties”, said Mr Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, general secretary of AUPE.<\/span><\/p>\n