Civil servants to get a month’s bonus, lower-paid ones to get $500 extra

Singapore — Civil servants here will receive a year-end bonus of a month’s pay, in recognition of their sustained hard work amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lower-wage civil servants — in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16, and in OSS Grades III to V — will also receive an extra one-time payment of $500.

In consultation with public sector unions, the Public Service Division (PSD) announced on Thursday. The government is providing the bonus for the officers for their contributions in the fight against Covid-19.

“Over the past year, public officers have continued to dedicate themselves to the national fight against Covid-19 and have worked tirelessly to keep Singapore and Singaporeans safe,” said PSD.

Last year, there was no year-end bonus for civil servants.

PSD said that Singapore’s economy remains on track for a recovery in 2021, expanding by 7.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter of 2021.

On the labour market front, resident employment grew more quickly in the third quarter, particularly in outward-oriented industries, and unemployment rates declined for the second consecutive month in September 2021, said PSD.

“Taken together with the mid-year payments, civil servants will receive a total of 1.3 months in full-year AVC (Annual Variable Component), with those in more junior grades receiving an additional one-time payment of up to $1,200 in 2021,” PSD noted.

The Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance (NPAA – 13th-month bonus) of one month will also be paid to all civil servants.

“The Public Service has demonstrated tenacity and resolve in the prolonged battle against Covid-19,” said PSD.

“The government deeply appreciates the hard work and perseverance of all public officers in the fight against the pandemic. Working together, we will emerge stronger from this crisis, as a nation,” it added.

According to Careers@Gov, the Singapore Public Service employs about 153,000 public officers working in 16 ministries and more than 50 statutory boards.

Within the Public Service is the Civil Service, comprising about 86,000 officers working in the ministries and organs of state.

They work in various schemes of service, including the administrative service, legal, education, police, civil defence, and other generic schemes. /TISG

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