Substantial pay rises for all of Fiji’s civil servants, including all the disciplined forces have been announced.
Those civil servants who currently earn less than $15,400 will receive a 23 percent pay rise.
This will benefit more than 14,000 individuals.
Those earning between $15,400 and $20,600, will receive a pay rise of 18 percent.
Those civil servants earning between $20,600 and $26,700 will receive a pay rise of 12 percent.
Those civil servants earning between $26,700 and $34,200 will receive a pay rise of 10 percent, benefiting almost 2,000 individuals.
Principal level officers earning between $34,200 and $46,200 will get an 8 percent increase, and those at the Director and Deputy Secretary level will get raises ranging from 7 percent to 4 percent.
Government Wage Earners and Special Police Constables will receive a 10 percent pay increase in addition to the 10 percent increase they received at the beginning of the year.
The government has allocated more than $92 million for these pay increases.
Story by: Fijivillage team
