KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- Cuepacs Thursday suggested that the government raise the minimum wage rate for civil servants to RM1,200 before the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Cuepacs president Azih Muda said the suggestion for the new minimum wage was to help civil servants offset their expenditure due to the rising cost of living.
"Based on the analysis that we conducted, the average wage hike in the public sector was only between two to 2.5 percent whereas cost of living increased from eight to 10 percent.
"So the margin of between six to eight per cent is stressful for us, especially civil servants in Grades 54 and below," he told a media conference after holding a briefing session for Kuala Lumpur City Hall employees here.
He said Cuepacs also wanted the government to standardise the cost of living allowance (Cola) nationwide while the public service fixed allowance be raised to a minimum of RM250.
Azih, who is also Peninsular Malaysia Amalgamated National Union of Local Authority Employees (Anulae) president, said the standardisation needed to be done because they were the backbone of the government administration as well as welfare and the civil servants' living standard needed to be looked into.
In 2011 Cuepacs had suggested to the government that the minimum wage of RM900 per month should be introduced in efforts to assist civil servants in the lower income group as general workers, office assistants and drivers still received the basic pay of RM700 per month and below.
-bernama.
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