The Executive Yuan today approved a proposal to raise pay 4 percent across the board for military personnel, civil servants and public school teachers next year, a move expected to benefit about 720,000 people.
Professional stipends and supervisory allowances would also be increased by a flat rate of NT$2,000, bringing the maximum total raise to 11.56 percent for supervisors and 9.98 percent for general staff, the proposal states.
The package, which would retroactively take effect from yesterday and be funded through a supplementary budget, would benefit military personnel, public-sector employees, teachers, technicians, laborers and contract workers.
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The core focus of the salary adjustment proposal is to better care for lower-ranking personnel and encourage employees to take on managerial roles, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) was quoted as saying by Executive Yuan spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) at a post-Cabinet meeting news conference.
Cho hopes the Legislative Yuan will support the package, Lee added.
The pay rise was proposed in light of Taiwan’s economic growth outperforming that of many major economies, continued increases in the consumer price index, and steady growth in average private-sector wages and the minimum wage, Cho was quoted as saying.
The proposal aims to raise overall salary levels in the public sector, share the benefits of economic growth, improve compensation for rank-and-file employees, increase entry-level pay for military personnel, civil servants and teachers, and improve the government’s ability to retain and recruit talent, he said.
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