Govt officials’ salary hike approved
- Published: 31/01/2012 at 05:51 PM
- Online news: Local News
The cabinet on Tuesday approved an increase in state officials' minimum base salaries at an estimated budget cost of 5.6 billion baht.
The salary rise applies only to those who have been serving in governmental agencies for up to a maximum of 10 years, not beyond, said Nonthikorn Kanchanachittra, the secretary-general of the Civil Service Commission. The salary adjustment would proceed over three years, starting this year with retrospective effect to Jan 1. The cabinet approval covered only the first year. The cabinet would deliberate the second and the third year increase later, Mr Nonthikorn said. In the first year, 2012, the new salary structure will provide a minimum monthly income of 7,620 baht per month for government officials with a lower vocational certificate, known as Por Wor Chor in Thai, and a 9,300-baht minimum monthly income for those acquiring an upper vocational certificate, or Por Wor Sor. Those holding a bachelor's degree will get a minimum 11,680 baht a month, a master's 15,300 baht and a doctoral degree 19,000 baht.The government would wait to see how the policy affects the business sector, Mr Nonthikorn said.Meanwhile, 68 senators led by Kamnoon Sithisamarn today submitted a request to Senate Speaker Teeradej Meepien asking him to seek the Constitution Court's ruling on the legality of an executive decree shifting 1.14 trillion baht in debt from the 1997 economic crisis to the Financial Institutions Development Fund.Mr Kamnoon said the executive decree might be in violation of Section 184 of the constitution because the debt transfer was not urgent.Gen Teeradej...
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