SRC Declares No Salary Raise for Public and Civil Servants
Civil servants will not see an increase in their monthly salary because companies have been urged not to do so to control a high wage cost.
Lyn Mengich, Chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), stated on Monday at the 3rd National Wage Bill Conference at the Bomas of Kenya that the move will help achieve fiscal sustainability and uniformity.
Lyn Mengich stated that affordability and fiscal sustainability are key considerations in any collective bargaining negotiations.
Therefore, among other considerations, Lyn Mengich advised employers not to consider any review of financial items where there is no demonstration of the ability to afford and sustain a review.
Mengich went on to say that all institutions should offer salaries within the 50th percentile mid-point, and those that haven’t yet reached that figure should do so quickly.
She continued, “Institutions above this positioning will retain their salary structures, whereas those below will progressively move towards the 50th percentile.”
All public employees use the 50th percentile midpoint as a payment technique to establish a standardized salary. The SRC determines the point.
The SRC advises the employer to set compensation at or near the median if a public servant receives less than the midpoint.
Speaking at the same event, Head of Public Service Felix Koskei asked public officials to be patient as the government seeks a solution for the struggling economy.
Koskei urged all union employers and employees to recognize the state of the country’s economy and the measures taken by the government to improve it, and to understand that seeking salary increases at this time is not feasible.
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President William Ruto has previously stated that the government must be economical and not pay doctors more than the Treasury has made available.
Ruto reaffirmed that doctors will not receive additional compensation and that they should accept the offered amount prior to the withdrawal of the arrangement.
Doctors have declared that they won’t end their statewide strike until their salaries and other demands are satisfied.
SRC Declares No Salary Raise for Public and Civil Servants
