Malaysia’s Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has proposed the civil servants’ minimum salary to be set at RM1,800 per month. Its president Datuk Adnan Mat said the proposal has been submitted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya.
Datuk Adnan said he also raised matters related to the new remuneration system for civil servants to replace the current system, the Malaysian Remuneration System (SSM) which has been in use since November 1, 2002. “In this regard, Cuepacs welcomes the prime minister’s announcement on July 7 to review the public service salary scheme, but requests that the implementation of this new scheme be implemented soon by taking into account the recommendations from Cuepacs,” he said in a stateme. He said he also proposed the government raise the rate of annual salary increment and the public service fixed allowance by RM100 besides paying the full amount of the cost-of-living allowance (Cola) to the civil servants residing in government residential quarters.
Bernama