The Secretary for the Civil Service, Yeung Ho Pei-yin, announced yesterday (5th) that the Chief Executive in Council proposed that the salaries of civil servants at all levels be raised by a uniform 2.5%.
Yang He Beiyin met with representatives of 4 civil servants' central councils this afternoon (6th). Police council representative and chairman of the Police Ranking Association, Lin Zhiwei, expressed "extreme dissatisfaction" with the increase after the meeting and questioned how to calculate the 2.5% He asked to meet with Chief Executive Li Jiachao to express his demands.
He also pointed out that the salary adjustment of civil servants is not about winning or losing. We don’t have much to say, or it’s a foregone conclusion, but I don’t want to lead people to slander our class of civil servants who have experienced black violence and fought against the epidemic.”
Lam Chi-wai pointed out that civil servants' salary adjustment is not about winning or losing.
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Lam Chi-wai said that civil servants are also the general public, and it is a reasonable move to increase their salary for themselves, but it is only discussed and requested in the mechanism.
He also questioned the purpose of the establishment of the salary trend survey committee, pointing out that the net salary trend index is the most scientific and authoritative data among the 6 major factors to be considered. discuss.
Lin Zhiwei: It is not feasible to determine the salary increase of civil servants based on KPIs
Regarding the opinion that civil servants should measure the salary increase by KPI, Lin Zhiwei thinks it is not feasible, "It's like the police, you have to pull 50 orders, how many cars do you have to sue for blocking the street? It is conceivable, if it really is If there are such KPIs, what will happen? You can imagine it yourself.” He pointed out that not all business operation models can also be applied to civil servants, especially some special teams, and the calculations involved are complicated.
Lam Chi-wai further explained that the salary increases calculated without the criteria will not only affect the civil servants, but some private organizations also pointed out that they will refer to the government's figures as the salary increase indicators for their organizations in the coming year, which will affect the grassroots and the working class in Hong Kong. If the salary trend survey continues, it will also affect the survey indicators for the following year, which will form a vicious circle.
Lai Weisheng expressed the hope that when the government decides on the salary adjustment of civil servants in the coming year, it will consider adding the cumulative increase due to the mechanism in the past three years.
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Lai Weisheng: Salary freeze in the past two years has reduced the purchasing power of civil servants, which is equivalent to a salary reduction
Lai Wai-sang, a representative of the Disciplinary Services Council, is also "extremely disappointed" by the salary adjustment rate. He pointed out that the proposed increase by the Executive Council is quite different from the expectations of the Disciplinary Council. The government has been running for two consecutive years since 2020-2021. There is no mechanism to adjust civil service pay according to the pay trend survey results.
He also pointed out that the proposed plan did not quantify the other five factors to support it, nor did the Pay Trend Survey Committee have any relevant companies that could reflect the uniqueness of the disciplined services for comparison.
Lai Weisheng said that during the past two years of salary freeze, the society has experienced inflation, which has reduced the purchasing power of civil servants. In fact, it is like a salary reduction, which has a great negative impact on the families of colleagues. When the government decides on the salary adjustment of civil servants, it can consider adding the cumulative increase due to the mechanism in the past three years, adopt a stance that is not lower than the increase in inflation, and demand that the unreasonable arrangement of salary increments be cancelled. I sincerely hope that the guild will reconsider the staff side request to revise the adjustment decision.
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The trade union strives for 4 to 5%. The guild members are bearish on the General Chamber of Commerce: the 2.5% salary increase for civil servants is a reasonable level and can temporarily relieve the pressure on the labor cost of enterprises. Is there room for fine-tuning of the 2.5% salary increase for civil servants?
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