‘No Salary Review’ – SRC Suspends All Public Officers’s Benefits In Fiscal Year 2024/25
On Thursday, July 18, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) suspended salary reviews for all other public officers for the fiscal year 2024/2025. Â
The SRC announced that this was due to financial constraints resulting from President William Ruto’s refusal to sign the Finance Bill 2024 into law.
“The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has deferred the implementation of the salary review for all other public officers in the financial year 2024/2025 until further notice, contingent upon the availability of funding,” a statement from SRC read in part.
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“This decision is informed by there being no allocated budget for the implementation of the advised remuneration and benefits for all other public officers for the financial year 2024/2025, which was to take effect in July 2024.”
Following the country’s financial difficulties, the SRC announced that it had begun negotiations with the National Treasury to ensure the fiscal sustainability of the public compensation bill.
Additionally, SRC announced that no additional funding would be provided for the implementation of the job evaluation results in the fiscal year 2024/25.
“Annual salary notch adjustments in existing salary structures, as advised by SRC, will continue to be applied within budget allocation,” SRC directed further.
In a blow to teachers and healthcare workers who recently signed Collective Bargaining Agreements with the government, the SRC announced that the CBAs would be affected by the delayed implementation of salary reviews.
As a result, public service institutions with CBAs were advised to consult with their respective trade unions about the SRC’s decision and its implications.
On when a salary review would be conducted, SRC told public officers, “We will continue to monitor the situation and consider a review subject to availability of funding, as shall be advised accordingly by the National Treasury.”
The salary review for public officers was halted two weeks after the SRC suspended the upward salary review for all State officers.
According to SRC, this was necessary in order to ensure the affordability and fiscal sustainability of the public wage bill while taking into account current economic realities, a reduced budget, and existing contractual obligations.
‘No Salary Review’ – SRC Suspends All Public Officers’s Benefits In Fiscal Year 2024/25
