ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – On Wednesday, the Grenada authorities introduced a 25% ex-gratia cost to all public servants. Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall instructed a information convention that 25 p.c of the fundamental wage will probably be paid to all public officers no matter their classification.
“The Cupboard has agreed to supply 25 p.c of your fundamental wage for December…that call needed to be unanimously accepted by our Cupboard, and we solely obtained that achieved yesterday. I might have preferred to announce that state of affairs earlier. Nonetheless, with out Cupboard approval, I couldn’t have achieved it,” stated Cornwall, who offered the EC$1.66 billion (One EC greenback=US$0.37 cents) nationwide price range to Parliament on Monday.
Debate on the fiscal package deal begins on Thursday, with Opposition Chief Dr. Keith Mitchell responding to the measure.
Cornwall instructed reporters that the ex-gratia cost “will probably be taxed.
“In different phrases, revenue tax is relevant… no one will be anticipated to get that with out tax. “We don’t need to give the general public the impression that we’re Santa Claus in December,” he added.
Cornwall additionally disclosed that the Dickon Mitchell authorities intends to introduce a performance-based appraisal system in 2025 to information future bonus or honorarium funds to authorities employees.
“Sooner or later, I need public servants to know that this won’t be an automated cost; it is going to be primarily based on efficiency, however we may even have to take a look at the federal government’s means to pay. In different phrases, if the federal government doesn’t have the identical income sooner or later, there isn’t any approach we will pay you ex-gratia on the finish of the yr,” he stated.
All public servants, together with these engaged on authorities contracts and people taking part in Imani, the federal government’s coaching program, will obtain the additional cost as a part of their second bi-monthly cost in December. The cost is because of be made on December 22.
Cornwall stated that the whole price to the federal government will probably be roughly EC$6.9 million, which is a part of the 2023 Authorities Expenditure. Based on the 2024 Estimates, the whole workforce within the public service is 5 363 however will enhance to five,457 for the fiscal yr 2024.
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