No Monthly Salary Increment For Civil Servants
Monthly salary increment. All Civil servants will not have an upward review of their monthly salary as employers have been advised not to do so to tame a high wage bill.
Speaking on Monday April 16 during the 3rd National Wage Bill Conference at the Bomas of Kenya, Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Chairperson Lyn Mengich said the move will help achieve fiscal sustainability and harmonisation.
No Monthly Salary Increment For Civil Servants As Gov’t Seeks To Tame High Wage Bill
“Affordability and fiscal sustainability are a key consideration in any collective bargaining negotiations. Employers are therefore advised not to consider any review of financial items where there is no demonstration of the ability to afford and sustain a review among other considerations,” she stated.
She further added that all institutions should operate within the 50th percentile mid-point in offering salaries.
Institutions above this positioning will retain their salary structures whereas those below will progressively be moved towards the 50th percentile.
No Monthly Salary Increment For Civil Servants As Gov’t Seeks To Tame High Wage Bill
The 50th percentile midpoint is a payment method to achieve streamlined remuneration for all public servants. The point is determined by the SRC.
On public servant being paid below the mid-point, SRC will recommend the employer effects a salary set at the required or near the median.
During the conference, Head of Public Service Felix Koskei urged public servants to exercise patience as the government attempts to find a remedy to the ailing economy.
He said that the nation has to live within its means as the government lacks extra money to pay civil servants as it grapples with a high wage bill.
No Monthly Salary Increment For Civil Servants As Gov’t Seeks To Tame High Wage Bill
