President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has announced that civil service employees who did not receive salary increments under the government’s pay harmonisation programme will begin receiving the increases from this month onwards.
Speaking during the weekly Monday press briefing, Muizzu said concerns had been raised regarding some civil service employees who either did not benefit appropriately from the pay harmonisation process or experienced losses in their salaries.
He said the outcome was not in line with the government’s intention behind introducing the salary restructuring, noting that the administration had pledged salary increases for civil servants.
According to Muizzu, some employees had ultimately received lower salary amounts than before due to various factors linked to the harmonisation process.
Muizzu said the issue is expected to be resolved when salaries for May are deposited. He added that information provided by the Pay Commission indicated that most cases involving employees who had not received pay increases would be addressed with this month’s salary payments, although some individual cases could still remain.
Muizzu further stated that the revised salary structure had failed to provide increments for certain employees in the legal sector and local councils.
He highlighted staff of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives as among those most affected, alongside employees working in the legal sector and some council positions.
Muizzu said the issues emerged during efforts to standardise a salary structure that had remained unstructured for several decades. He added that the Pay Commission had assured him the concerns could be resolved.
He also assured that any remaining cases where employees do not receive adequate benefits after this month’s salaries are issued would continue to be addressed.
