Civil servants coming in for earn increase: record
The government is considering raising civil servant earnings as a suitable price research is anticipated to be finished by this quarter.
The Office of the Civil Service Commission ( OCSC) is conducting a study into how the pay of civil servants and state business workers will be increased, according to Chalermphol Pensoot, chairman of Budget Bureau, on Sunday.
According to Mr. Chalermphol, the Budget Bureau and the OCSC will discuss the issue after the investigation is finished before submitting it to the case this quarter.
When asked how the pay raise would be paid, he replied that either the 2024 or 2025 financial years’ budgets could be used to pay for it.
If state companies are unable to meet the anticipated income increase, there is still a key funds set aside for civil servants’ salaries even though agencies have already submitted requests for funds allocations for the 2024 financial time.
The funds for the 2025 fiscal year can also be used to finance an raise because, according to Mr. Chalermphol, the Budget Bureau will present the budget to the government in January and still have time to distribute funds as requested by condition agencies.
The commission’s committee has written to state authorities about an education given by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin during a cabinet meeting on October 31. This information is based on an official government resource.
The teaching called for both an increase in the regular minimum wage for employees and a raise in civil servant pay.
According to the cause, Mr. Srettha informed the cabinet that the government’s policy statement made public in parliament included the regular minimum wage increase and the increase in civil servant pay.
According to the cause, the PM gave the Labour Ministry instructions during the meeting to investigate the possibility of the everyday wage increase and update the government on its progress as soon as possible. Although the state has promised one, it is still unclear when that will go into effect.
Before presenting the findings to the government by this quarter, the OCSC was even given instructions to collaborate with various organizations, such as the Finance Ministry, Budget Bureau, and National Economic and Social Development Council, to research the proposed increase in polite servants’ wages, a time frame and its potential impact.
Chai Wacharonke, a federal official, downplayed speculation that civil servant salaries would rise sooner rather than later on Sunday and NBP.
He claimed that the PM had just mandated a study to determine whether civil servant wages could be raised.
” Those organizations will need to give the P a presentation of the study.” There hasn’t been an urgent raise in the salaries however. It is still unknown when wages will be raised when the study is presented, he said.
In the meantime, it is unknown whether the proposed increase will be covered by the expenditure for the 2025 financial month, pending the study’s findings. He continued,” On the source of funding, the government did not come to any decision.
There are roughly 1.68 million position leaders at the moment.
Of them, on 427, 000 work as educators and teachers, while around 421, 000 are government employees and about 325,000 work in the armed forces.
Additionally, 1.24 million people work for people organizations, institutions, state firms, and state organizations.
The youngest child of former top Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently the leader of the Pheu Thai Party, said civil servant spend may begin at 25, 000 ringgit if the group took power during an election campaign in Ubon Ratchathani on February 17.
The group’s then-leader, Cholnan Srikaew, stated that Pheu Thai has a plan of raising the monthly pay for bachelor ‘ degree graduates to 25, 000 baht by 2027, and that civil servants should also be given the same raise.