Why 3-month wait before new civil servants get paid, asks Cuepacs

FMT
 28 April 2022

PETALING JAYA: Waiting for three months before new civil servants get their salaries in this internet age is totally unacceptable, said Cuepacs.

The umbrella body for civil service unions said even long before the internet age, when documents were sent via post or fax which required manual entries, it also took three months.

“I agree there are procedures but the government must explain why it takes three months for the salaries to be paid, with everything, including interviews and sending of documents, being done online,” Cuepacs secretary-general Abdul Rahman Nordin told FMT.

He said they had received complaints from the recent intake of teachers that 

PETALING JAYA: Waiting for three months before new civil servants get their salaries in this internet age is totally unacceptable, said Cuepacs.

The umbrella body for civil service unions said even long before the internet age, when documents were sent via post or fax which required mathey were already burdened by having to pay for the advance for rentals in the towns where they had been posted and having to borrow money from relatives and friends to manage for three months.

“It is not really easy surviving in a new place with insufficient or limited funds. It can affect performance.”

Rahman said the government has the funds as the appointments were only made after the budget is approved, adding that it should not take more than a month before the new teachers start getting their salaries.

He said the government had emphasised the need for cutting red tape in its administration in the past.

“I urge the government to revamp its system to ensure new civil servants are not burdened financially by having to wait so long for their salaries,” he said.