<\/p>\nwage increments of 5 per cent to 14 per cent in 2022,<\/p>\n
<\/a> PSD said. <\/p>\n
Eligible officers on the management executive scheme will receive salary adjustments of 2 per cent to 9 per cent, with higher adjustments for grades that have larger gaps with market benchmarks, it added. <\/p>\n
There will be no adjustments for officers whose salaries are already competitive, PSD said.<\/p>\n
Eligible officers on the technical support scheme will receive salary adjustments of 4 per cent to 9 per cent, while eligible officers on the management support scheme and corporate support scheme will receive salary adjustments of 4 per cent to 5 per cent.<\/p>\n
Eligible officers on the operations support scheme will receive salary adjustments of 4 per cent to 8 per cent. <\/p>\n
The changes come after close consultation with the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE), PSD said. <\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on Feb 20,\u00a0AUPE general secretary Sanjeev Tiwari said the union \u2013 the largest public sector union in Singapore with 23,000 members \u2013 welcomes the salary revision. \u201cWith the last adjustments in 2022, the revisions are timely to keep pace with changes in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Tiwari, who is also a Nominated MP, said the salary revisions will help uplift the wages of lower- to middle-income civil servants in various schemes of service and reflect a necessary step in \u201censuring our officers are competitively remunerated in a rapidly changing economic environment\u201d.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
He added that AUPE will continue to work in close partnership with the PSD and government agencies to advocate better wages, welfare and work prospects for its officers. <\/p>\n
This is not only to keep pace with the market but also to recognise the increasing demands of the work its officers do for Singapore, Mr Tiwari said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe work our officers do has grown in complexity, and officers are required to do more in a lean workforce,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese adjustments are a vital recognition of that reality, to ensure our civil servants\u2019 total remuneration remains competitive and that the public service remains a place where talent is valued and nurtured, to deliver quality public services.\u201d <\/p>\n
The public service employs about 154,000 officers across various ministries, statutory boards and organs of state. <\/p>\n
PSD said the public service periodically reviews salaries and adjusts them when necessary to \u201cbroadly keep pace with, but not lead, the market\u201d. <\/p>\n
The public service will also continue to strengthen rewards for performance and step up efforts to provide officers with meaningful career and growth opportunities, it added. <\/p>\n
Public servant Raman Kathavarayan, 53, said he is happy about the salary adjustment, which will help him fund his children\u2019s education, given that one of his two sons just entered polytechnic.<\/p>\n
The mechanical maintenance supervisor, who takes home about $2,000 a month, said it will also help him cope with the rising cost of living as the family\u2019s sole breadwinner. <\/p>\n
Mr Raman, who is also a union leader, added that the increment will go some way to supporting lower-wage public servants, such as those working in maintenance and public health, as the last salary adjustment was some time ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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