2009-10 civil service pay adjustment
Following the meeting of the Pay Trend Survey Committee earlier today (June 8), at which 12 members accepted and validated the 2009 Pay Trend Survey findings and the remaining four had different views, a spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau announced the net pay trend indicators for 2009-10.
The "net pay trend indicators" - derived by deducting the cost of increments paid to civil servants in 2008-09 from "the gross pay trend indicators" - are as follows:
Salary band | Gross pay trend indicator (a) | Cost of civil service increments (as a % of the total civil service payroll cost in 2008-09) (b) | Net pay trend indicator (a) minus (b) |
---|---|---|---|
Upper (monthly salary from $48,401 - $ 97,545) |
-4.79% | 0.59% | -5.38% |
Middle (monthly salary from $15,785 - $48,400) |
-1.34% | 0.64% | -1.98% |
Lower (monthly salary below $15,785) |
-0.17% | 0.79% | -0.96% |
In accordance with the established mechanism, the Chief Executive-in-Council will decide the rates of adjustment (if any) to civil service pay for 2009-10 having regard to the "net pay trend indicators" above and other relevant factors, namely, the state of the economy, the Government's fiscal position, changes in the cost of living, the staff sides' pay claims and civil service morale.
Monday, June 8, 2009