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Palau Senate passes a salary increase for govt employees
KOROR, Palau (Island Times/PIR)—The Palau Senate passed in the third and final reading on Thursday the proposed law that increases the salary of national government employees by $25 bi-weekly.
This bill implements, beginning on Oct. 1, 2015, a $25 bi-weekly salary increase for every civil servant that will ensure that all civil servants are paid at least the minimum wage.
Some 1,041 employees of the national government are covered by the salary increase. The total cost of the increase is estimated to be approximately $1,042,694.
The bill’s legislative findings states, “The Olbiil Era Kelulau finds that it will be necessary to implement a pay increase for civil servants of the national government in order to keep pace with the minimum wage as gradual increases to the minimum wage take effect.”
The bill accomplishes two essential objectives: it ensures that all civil servant salaries are equal to or above the minimum wage and provides each civil servant an additional $650 cost of living adjustment over the course of the year.
The measure now goes to the House of Delegates for its approval.
