KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — Starting next week, civil servants may calculate their salary hikes under the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) following a wage adjustment by the government.
Public Service Department deputy director-general (operations) Datuk Mohd Shaiful Ibrahim said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will announce details of the pay adjustment mechanism at the 19th Majlis Amanat Perdana Perkhidmatan Awam (Mappa) on August 16.
“At the 19th MAPPA event, we will also provide a calculation service if you want to calculate the rates of your salary rise.
“Starting December, all civil servants will receive new salary rates,” he said on Bernama TV’s Apa Khabar Malaysia programme today.
The 19th Mappa will take place at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre from 8am on August 16.
Shaiful said the pay rise under the SSPA applies to all the federal civil servants and the Public Service Department will issue a circular on the matter soon.
“For state civil servants, as well as those under statutory bodies and local authorities, if they choose to adopt the revised SSPA, then it will apply to them, too,” he said.
When asked about other benefits of the revised SSPA, Shaiful said in addition to pay rises, the system includes organisational development, employee talent development and pensioner benefits.
“According to the Pension Act 1980, if there is a salary increase for civil servants in service, pensioners will also be affected. That means they will also receive an increase (in their pensions) according to prescribed formulas,” he explained.
On the review of the pension scheme, including the introduction of the contribution method as implemented by the private sector, Shaiful said the government has assured benefits for civil servants and future pensioners will remain.
“It’s just that the government will not have to bear constant financial burden, and civil servants will not be at the losing end as well… The benefits will be the same with contributions from employees and employers,” he said.
Shaiful said the government incurred about RM32 billion in civil servant pension payments last year, with the amount increasing by RM2 billion every year.
— Bernama
