The Chief Executive in Council today (5th) proposed a flat 2.5% salary increase for senior, middle and junior civil servants.
Kwok Wai-keung, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, responded that civil servants have a flat 2.5% salary increase. He expressed that he believes that many civil servants are disappointed by this, but he believes that the government is under the pressure of social opinions in the adjustment of civil servants' salaries. Positive message, hope the private market will follow.
Kwok Wai-keung, who is also the chairman of the Civil Service and Staff Affairs Committee of Subsidized Organisations, said that the Federation of Trade Unions conducted a questionnaire survey in May, and the results showed that more than 90% of the civil servants surveyed opposed the freeze. The salary range is 4% to 6%, and he pointed out that the survey also showed that civil servants are under pressure to live under global inflation.
When asked if the 2.5% increase would be different from the salary trend survey, Guo Weiqiang said that reality is far from expectations.
He added that the pressure of inflation on the grass-roots and middle-level civil servants exists, and I hope the government will give more consideration.
Guo Weiqiang.
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Three directly-elected members advocate that civil servants should not "jump points" if they perform poorly
Legislative Councillors Yeung Wing-kit, Lam So-wai, and Leung Man-kwong jointly issued a press release, stating that the government has considered the economic situation and social perception, and believes that the current salary increase is reasonable. In May, the basic consumer price inflation rate rose slightly to 1.7%, and the salary increase was slightly higher than the inflation rate. , which will help boost the morale of civil servants, and I believe the public will not be too disgusted.
They went on to point out that the government itself has a "jump point" mechanism. At present, most civil servants receive automatic salary increases regardless of their performance. They believe that the government should reform the civil service pay adjustment mechanism and propose to adjust civil servant salaries according to inflation.
"At the same time, the new government will set KPIs within 100 days after taking office. This is the right time to formulate KPIs for civil servants, linking the remuneration of all civil servants with their performance. Excellent civil servants can get 'jump points', and those with poor performance will not be given 'jump points'. A civil servant who "can do things, can do things, and do things well" is fair."
The three suggested that all policy bureaux, together with credible units such as the Office of Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman, should formulate KPIs for each department and each rank, and usually set specific limits for each performance rating to more accurately reflect the performance of civil servants. Let civil servants be more motivated to respond to the demands of the public.
There is room for fine-tuning of the 2.5% salary increase for civil servants?
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