The New Straits Times
PUTRAJAYA: The Human Resources Ministry is organising a Minimum Wage Open Day this Saturday for an exchange of views with the public.
The event will be held from 10am till 5pm at Menara Perkeso, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur.
“We would like to invite the public to discuss with us the best ways to implement minimum wage in the country,” said Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.
The open day will be held in conjunction with the formation of the minimum wage lab which was reported yesterday.
The event will be held from 10am till 5pm at Menara Perkeso, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur.
“We would like to invite the public to discuss with us the best ways to implement minimum wage in the country,” said Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.
The open day will be held in conjunction with the formation of the minimum wage lab which was reported yesterday.
Cuepacs president Datuk Omar Osman said the umbrella body for public sector unions would hold a discussion with the Public Service Department today, Friday and Saturday on the minimum wage policy.
He said Cuepacs would also be holding a meeting with the Public Services Department on Feb 16 and 17 to discuss changes to the method of evaluating civil servants performances which at present is done through the Efficiency Level Assessment system.
Omar said, for example, the grades for Road Transport Department enforcement officers, were not on a par with the grades of those in other agencies, resulting in discrepancies in their remuneration.
Osman said this at the International Youth Centre in Bandar Tun Razak where he gave a talk to members of the Peninsular Road Transport Officers Union (KPPJSM), who are holding a three-day course on integration, starting yesterday.
KPPJSM president Hamzah Masri said the union had recently submitted a memorandum to the PSD to upgrade its Car and Motor Inspector Service Scheme to ensure that the officers were paid salaries that reflected their qualifications.
He said the union wanted the scheme to be on a par with the Airplane Inspector Service Scheme.
“The scheme currently stops at diploma level, while the highest position that can be attained by RTD enforcement officers is senior road transport officer.
“This means there is no opportunity for salary and career advancement for RTD enforcement officers even if they had better qualifications or had been employed by the department for a long time.”
On the issue of minimum wage, Osman said Cuepacs was asking for the basic pay of civil servants, particularly those in Grade 1 to Grade 16, to be increased to at least RM920 a month.
He said Cuepacs would also be holding a meeting with the Public Services Department on Feb 16 and 17 to discuss changes to the method of evaluating civil servants performances which at present is done through the Efficiency Level Assessment system.
Omar said, for example, the grades for Road Transport Department enforcement officers, were not on a par with the grades of those in other agencies, resulting in discrepancies in their remuneration.
Osman said this at the International Youth Centre in Bandar Tun Razak where he gave a talk to members of the Peninsular Road Transport Officers Union (KPPJSM), who are holding a three-day course on integration, starting yesterday.
KPPJSM president Hamzah Masri said the union had recently submitted a memorandum to the PSD to upgrade its Car and Motor Inspector Service Scheme to ensure that the officers were paid salaries that reflected their qualifications.
He said the union wanted the scheme to be on a par with the Airplane Inspector Service Scheme.
“The scheme currently stops at diploma level, while the highest position that can be attained by RTD enforcement officers is senior road transport officer.
“This means there is no opportunity for salary and career advancement for RTD enforcement officers even if they had better qualifications or had been employed by the department for a long time.”
On the issue of minimum wage, Osman said Cuepacs was asking for the basic pay of civil servants, particularly those in Grade 1 to Grade 16, to be increased to at least RM920 a month.
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