Budget 2025: Civil servants looking forward to new renumeration scheme
Published On: 07.10.24 By: The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Civil servants are looking forward to the new Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) that will be announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the Budget 2025.
The salary scheme, aimed at empowering the civil service, will ensure civil servants receive their adjustments in two phases; the first from Dec 1 this year and the second on Jan 1, 2026, reflects the government’s commitment in ensuring the welfare of the 1.6 million-strong civil service.
A 15% adjustment has been allocated to the management and professional group as well as implementers, while senior management officers will receive a 7% adjustment.
Information officer Mazizul Dani, 38, said that the new salary scheme would clearly help reduce the cost of living, in line with the government’s intention of tackling the issue in this year’s Budget.
"I feel this year’s Budget will continue to consider the welfare of civil servants by taking into consideration suitable incentives such as income tax relief,” he said.
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah polytechnic officer Herlina Ainizawati Zakaria, 40, meanwhile said that she was hoping for a special financial aid package to be announced in this year’s Budget even with the first phase of salary adjustments expected to kick in in December.
She said the previous year’s aid and special Aidilfitri aid had helped reduce the burden of civil servants, especially those with families.
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