Pay hike for civil servants to be considered by Cabinet next week
The Cabinet will consider a proposal to raise salaries for civil servants and state enterprise staff at its next weekly meeting on Tuesday (November 28), Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said on Wednesday.
Four agencies will meet this week to finalise details of the plan, said Parnpree, in his capacity as Civil Service Committee chairman. The four agencies are the Finance Ministry, Budget Bureau, Civil Service Commission, and National Economic and Social Development Council.
“The plan is almost complete and will be ready for Cabinet consideration at the next meeting,” Parnpree said.
The plan will reportedly focus on adjusting salaries of low-earning officials first. The ruling Pheu Thai Party promised during its election campaign to raise monthly civil service salaries to a minimum 25,000-baht – which would require over 100 billion baht from the state budget.
Thailand has about 3 million civil servants, 1.75 million of whom are government officials, while 1.24 million are employees of state enterprises, universities, hospitals, public organisations, or temporary staffers.
