President Jagdeo approves salary increase for 2011

President Jagdeo approves salary increase for 2011
– public servants, teachers, disciplined services, Guysuco to get 8 percent
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday granted approval for an 8 percent across-the-board increase to be paid to Government employees with effect from 1st January, 2011.
The 8 percent increase will be payable to all public servants and members of the disciplined services, while teachers will get a 3 percent across the board increase with effect from 1st January 2011, on top of the 5 percent increase previously paid by Government with effect from the same date, pursuant to the multi-year agreement concluded between Government and the Guyana Teachers Union.
The President also granted approval for an additional increase of 3 percent to be paid to employees of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, who were previously paid a 5 percent increase for 2011.
A statement from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said this latest decision by the President would bring the total increase paid for 2011 to all these categories of employees to 8 percent.
“The Government of Guyana has consistently paid increases to public sector employees over recent years, at a time when many other countries in the Caribbean and the rest of the world have imposed wage freezes and cuts in their public sectors,” the statement noted.



Over the years, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government has maintained its track record in revisiting wages and salaries and, recently, the tax threshold was raised.

Only recently, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh tabled the half-yearly report on the performance of the economy in parliament which indicated that the economy has grown by 5.9 percent and is expected to grow by another 5.1 percent. Even

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