{"id":25672,"date":"2025-01-20T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25672"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:11:19","slug":"president-announces-10-retroactive-salary-increase-for-public-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-announces-10-retroactive-salary-increase-for-public-servants\/","title":{"rendered":"President Announces 10% Retroactive Salary Increase for Public Servants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams<\/em><br><em>December 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public servants in Guyana will receive a 10% retroactive salary increase for 2024, effective from January 1, bringing the cumulative wage increase over the past four years to 35%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced this on Tuesday as part of a comprehensive strategy to enhance public sector wages and benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President outlined additional measures, including an 8% salary increase scheduled for 2025 and plans to address existing salary disparities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public servants in Grades GS 1-6 with at least four years of service will see adjustments to the midpoint of their salary scale, resulting in a 13% increase for some employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with eight years of service will be moved to the maximum of their scale, with increases of up to 26%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Grades GS 7-8, workers with a minimum of four years in their current scale will receive an additional nominal difference of 26%, resulting in an overall increase of up to 11%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative also introduces compensation for academic qualifications starting in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees holding ACCA certifications will receive an additional $15,000, master\u2019s degree holders $22,000, and doctoral degree holders $32,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further benefits will include improved allowances for the joint services and health workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include increased uniform, risk, housing, and station allowances, as well as 100 annual duty-free concessions for nurses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s move is part of a broader effort to improve public sector employment conditions, reflecting its commitment to enhancing the welfare of public servants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah WilliamsDecember 10, 2024 Public servants in Guyana will receive a 10% retroactive salary increase for 2024, effective from January 1, bringing the cumulative wage increase over the past&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25673,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25672\/revisions\/25673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}