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SINGAPORE – All of Singapore’s 85,000 civil servants will not receive any mid-year annual variable component (AVC) payment this year, amid the economic gloom caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public officers in superscale grades will also take a one-time half-month or one-month pay cut in accordance with their seniority, the Public Service Division (PSD) announced on Thursday (June 18).
This comes on top of the earlier half-month pay cut taken by senior public service officers in key leadership positions – they include permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries, and chief executive officers of statutory boards – which was announced in February.
The PSD said the public service stands in solidarity with the rest of the nation during this difficult period, and the decision was taken by the Government in close consultation with the public sector unions, and against the backdrop of a worsening economic outlook.
“The Government appreciates the hard work and sacrifices of public officers in the fight against Covid-19, including those working on the front line and behind the scenes,” it said.
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