PUTRAJAYA: Top tier civil servants have received new monthly salaries, believed to be ranging between RM35,000 to RM60,000, under the scrapped Public Service New Remuneration Scheme (SBPA).
However, the 36 Premier Service Category employees have agreed to return the amount not due to them in line with the implementation of an improved Malaysian Remuneration System (SSM), said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.
The SBPA had raised the ire of the 1.4 million-strong civil service as it would have benefited top government servants, leaving the rest with paltry salary hikes.
“As responsible civil servants, they have agreed to return (the money) as per what was announced by the Prime Minister on the SSM.
“More than half of them have returned the money, while some could not yet do it as they are overseas,” Mohd Sidek told reporters after speaking at the inaugural Chief Secretary Annual Lecture series at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre on Tuesday.
The SBPA was to be implemented from Jan 1 this year but was cancelled on Mar 8, after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razakannounced that it would be replaced with the SSM following protests from civil service unions.
It was revealed that under the SBPA, the Chief Secretary would draw a salary of RM60,000 while those in the Premier Service category would get RM36,000 - a vast difference from those in the lower grades, some of whom would only get increments as low as RM1.70.
Instead of a vast pay jump suggested for top tier workers, the improved SSM is expected to give all civil servants salary increases of between 7% and 13%.
On Monday, Cuepacs president Datuk Omar Osman said the commission set up to improve the SSM salary scheme is expected to start work next month once the Government decided on the composition of the board.
-Bernama/maa.
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