Question NW3976 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration
30 November 2015 - NW3976
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any of the entities reporting to him have done any studies to compare the salaries of employees in the Public Service to those employees in the private sector; if not, why not; if so, (i) when last was such a study conducted, (ii) what were the findings in each case and (iii) are the specified studies publicly available?
Reply:
(a) Every five (5) years, the Department for Public Service and Administration conducts a Personnel Expenditure Review (PER) study to determine the status of remuneration matters in the Public Service.
(i) The last study was conducted in 2012.
(ii) The study found that employees on the lower salary levels, i.e. salary levels 1 to 10 compared favorably to the market median. However, employees remunerated on salary levels 11 to 16 compared below the acceptable range of the market median.
(iii) The Personnel Expenditure Review was distributed to all participatory stakeholders.