Public sector wages on two days
View(s):The Government is exploring the possibility of paying public sector employees’ salaries in two installments each month as a remedy for the sudden cash-flow problems in the Treasury, Public Administration Ministry sources disclosed.
A proposal has been made to pay the basic salary of public servants on the 25th or a date between the 20th and the 25th and allowances on a date between the 5th and the 10th
The state is spending 40 per cent of the national income to pay salaries and pensions of government employees.
All these efforts are being taken to develop the efficiency and the productivity of the Sri Lankan public sector, which has to play a major role towards the country’s development.
But the productivity of the government servants have not been improved even after the granting of Rs.10,000 salary hike to them, a HR expert told the Business Times.
At present the government spends Rs. 800 billion to pay salaries and pensions for public sector employees.