SINGAPORE: Civil servants in Singapore will receive a 1.3-month year-end bonus, with junior-grade officers getting an additional lump sum payment, the Public Service Division (PSD) announced on Monday (Nov 24).
Civil servants in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16, and those in the Operations Support Scheme (OSS), will receive an additional one-time payment of S$600 (US$460).
This year-end payment takes into consideration that Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by around 4 per cent in 2025 as well as the National Wages Council (NWC) guidelines for 2025/2026, said PSD.
The assessment by the Ministry of Trade and Industry last week "takes into consideration the better-than-expected performance of the Singapore economy in the first three quarters of the year, as well as the latest global and domestic economic situations", said PSD.
It also follows close consultation with the public sector unions.
The government will continue to pay the non-pensionable annual allowance of one month, also known as the 13th-month bonus.
On the labour market front, the Ministry of Manpower’s labour market advance estimates showed that labour market conditions were stronger than anticipated.
Total employment rose at a faster pace than in the previous quarter, while unemployment rates and retrenchments remained low and stable, said PSD.
The year-end bonus for civil servants is in line with the NWC’s recommendations to uplift the wages of lower-wage workers, said PSD, adding that the government will continue to adopt a "progressive approach" in determining the annual variable component for civil servants.
Taken together with the mid-year payments of 0.4 months, civil servants will receive a total of 1.7 months in the full-year annual variable component, with those in the more junior grades receiving total lump-sum payments of up to S$1,000 this year.
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Civil servants in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16, and those in the Operations Support Scheme (OSS), will receive an additional one-time payment of S$600 (US$460).
This year-end payment takes into consideration that Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by around 4 per cent in 2025 as well as the National Wages Council (NWC) guidelines for 2025/2026, said PSD.
The assessment by the Ministry of Trade and Industry last week "takes into consideration the better-than-expected performance of the Singapore economy in the first three quarters of the year, as well as the latest global and domestic economic situations", said PSD.
It also follows close consultation with the public sector unions.
The government will continue to pay the non-pensionable annual allowance of one month, also known as the 13th-month bonus.
On the labour market front, the Ministry of Manpower’s labour market advance estimates showed that labour market conditions were stronger than anticipated.
Total employment rose at a faster pace than in the previous quarter, while unemployment rates and retrenchments remained low and stable, said PSD.
The year-end bonus for civil servants is in line with the NWC’s recommendations to uplift the wages of lower-wage workers, said PSD, adding that the government will continue to adopt a "progressive approach" in determining the annual variable component for civil servants.
Taken together with the mid-year payments of 0.4 months, civil servants will receive a total of 1.7 months in the full-year annual variable component, with those in the more junior grades receiving total lump-sum payments of up to S$1,000 this year.
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