SBPA: CUEPACS Wants Implementation Backdated To Jan 1

SBPA: CUEPACS Wants Implementation Backdated To Jan 1

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21 (Bernama)-- The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) wants the date of implementation of the Public Service New Renumeration Scheme (SBPA) to remain on Jan 1 and for civil servants to be paid the salary arrears based from that date.

Its president, Datuk Omar Osman, said the demand is appropriate since before this, the government had decided that SBPA should start from Jan 1 but the implementation was postponed following review on a few issues in the scheme. "This is what we want from the discussion with the Prime Minister before this. So, maintain the implementation of the date, postpone the implementation, review again until a solution is found in three months," he told reporters, here Monday.

Omar was confident that the five demands could be accepted after the proposal paper was tabled to the special task force during their third meeting scheduled for Feb 22. The five demands are reviewing the principle of salary transfer of government servants on Grade 54 and below, retaining staff seniority in the Malaysian Renumeration Scheme (SSM), reviewing the maximum salary scale, listing government servants who are eligible for a pay increase of up to 13 per cent, and reviewing the structuring of salary increases for all grades. -- BERNAMA

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