KUALA TERENGGANU: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) hopes that the government will give attention to senior civil servants in the implementation of Grade 17 under the New Public Service Remuneration Scheme (SBPA).
Cuepacs deputy president Azih Muda said they proposed for those affected to be promoted a grade higher as recognition for the group.
He said the matter should be studied to consider the duration of their service and recognise any skills and technical certificates for promotion to Grade 21.
“What we see now is only one promotion for those who have served the government up to 30 or 35 years, which is the same as a promotion for a new civil servant or those who have served four or five years.
“Under the SBPA now, civil servants with a certificate are given a promotion to Grade T8. However, the seniors don’t have this chance as they haven’t been recognised…but they have the same certificate,” he told reporters at a briefing session with the Terengganu Fisheries Department Employees Union, here yesterday.
In relations to that, Azih said Cuepacs also wanted the implementation group to be promoted as they are currently small in number.
“We also want to emphasise that the seven to 13 per cent salary increment mentioned by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak during the tabling of the 2012 Budget was not implemented.
“Most of the civil servants only received up to four per cent in salary increment, not even seven as stated,” he said.
Besides that, he said Cuepacs was committed in fighting for five demands in the SBPA, adding that he hoped it could be settled amicably.
In the five demands Cuepacs sought a review of the salary adjustment for those in Grade 54 and below; to retain the seniority of civil servants in the SSM; review of the maximum salary scale; listing civil servants who were eligible for a seven to 13 per cent salary increment and reviewing the salary increment restructuring for all grades. — Bernama