Mid-Year/Year End Bonus For Civil Servants Discussion 2013 To Present (Compiled)

[Maturebtm@sk]

42 minutes ago, cutejack said:

Only?hmmm. I got more.hehe

pls la be contented lor. 

[cutejack]

Looks who is talking. Who came up with this question?

[Guest Guest]

This year's announcement is one of the latest. Previously was announced on 23 Nov 18, 27 Nov 17, 25 Nov 16, 25 Nov 15, 25 Nov 14, etc..

 

 

 

Taking into account the prevailing economic uncertainties, the Public Service Division, in consultation with and with the support of the public sector unions, will exercise restraint for the year-end bonus payment. Senior civil servants in superscale grades will receive a one-off payment of $400 in place of year-end AVC. All other civil servants will receive a year-end AVC of 0.1 month and an additional one-off lump sum payment of $250 to $1,500, with civil servants in the lower pay grades receiving a higher amount.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has forecasted that the economy will grow by 0.5% to 1.0% in 2019, with the growth for 4Q2019 expected to remain modest. While the labour market saw a growth in total employment, unemployment inched up and retrenchments rose over the quarter. 

Against the backdrop of economic uncertainties, senior civil servants will receive a one-off payment of $400 in place of the year-end Annual Variable Component (AVC). All other civil servants will receive a 0.1 month year-end AVC and an additional one-off lump sum payment of $250 to $1,500 according to the pay grades of the respective officers. Around 2,200 civil servants in Grades III to V of the Operations Support Scheme (OSS) will receive the highest lump sum amount of $1,500. 

This approach was agreed upon in close consultation with the public sector unions to give the strongest support to civil servants in the junior grades, in view of the uncertain economic climate.

All civil servants will also receive the Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance (NPAA – 13th month bonus) of 1 month, to be paid in December together with the year-end AVC and lump sum payments.

[Guest Guest]

Election coming .... cannot be too 招摇 ....

[fab]

3 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

Election coming .... cannot be too 招摇 ....

 

1 year gets low.

 

4 years gets high.

[yag123123]

Civil servants include those working in smrt or lta?

[Guest guest]

11 minutes ago, yag123123 said:

Civil servants include those working in smrt or lta?

SMRT and LTA are govt or stat board?

[quanjishou]

1 hour ago, yag123123 said:

Civil servants include those working in smrt or lta?

neither

[quanjishou]

https://blog.moneysmart.sg/career/civil-service-salary-pros-cons/

 

SMRT is private whereas LTA is a statutory board meaning they are public servant not civil servant. 

civil servant essentially are those working for ministries not those working for statutory board.

[LeanMature]

12 hours ago, quanjishou said:

https://blog.moneysmart.sg/career/civil-service-salary-pros-cons/

 

SMRT is private whereas LTA is a statutory board meaning they are public servant not civil servant. 

civil servant essentially are those working for ministries not those working for statutory board.

 

Is that to say public servants work for general public and civil servants work for government ?

[Guest Guest]

5 hours ago, LeanMature said:

 

Is that to say public servants work for general public and civil servants work for government ?

 

Of course not! Don't be stupid. You do know Lee Kuan Yew is dead already, right? This is the era where everyone works for themselves and themselves only, whether they are public servants or civil servants. 

[Tedor]

[Guest Guest]

What they did not tell you is their 15% salary increase across many people in the last one year. 

[Guest scratching head]

0.1 month bonus means 1/10 of a month's salary?

 

The Prime Minister's annual salary was S$3.07 million, while the pay of ministerial-grade officers ranged between S$1.58 million and S$2.37 million.

 

0.1 × 1,580,000 = 158,000

0.1 × 2,370,000 = 237,000

 

Cannot afford SQ flight???

[Guest scratching head]

158,000 ÷ 12 = 13,666

237,000 ÷ 12 = 19,833

[Guest Guest]

4 hours ago, Guest scratching head said:

158,000 ÷ 12 = 13,666

237,000 ÷ 12 = 19,833

 

.... . and furthermore, for those who even think they only have one Parliamentary position giving them positive cash flows every month, it is time you wake up your ideas already. 

[LeanMature]

Ministers are not civil servants.  Their bonuses is secret I guess.

[Guest big secret]

1 hour ago, LeanMature said:

Ministers are not civil servants.  Their bonuses is secret I guess.

 

It doesn't help to post something if you don't know, just for the purpose to post something. 

 

Nothing is secret in Singapore at the public sector. 

 

The only thing secret in Singapore is the salary of the Executive Director of Temasek or GIC but both are private entities and not government boards (/ministries). 

[Guest scratching head]

 

From the official website: 

What is the difference between Ministries and Statutory Boards? Are statutory boards considered part of the Singapore Civil Service? Is the Civil Service part of the Public Service?

The Singapore Public Service employs about 145,000 public officers working in 16 Ministries, more than 50 Statutory Boards and 9 Organs of State. Within the Public Service is the Civil Service, comprising about 85,000 officers working in the Ministries and Organs of state. They work in various schemes of service, including the Administrative Service, legal, education, police, civil defence as well as other generic schemes. Statutory boards (such as HDB, CPF Board, IRAS, etc) have their own recruitment and human resource management policies. They are legally distinct and independent employers from the Civil Service.

 

Comment: The definition doesn't seem to respond properly the question. In English class you would have received a F for the response (Maybe wanted to conceal something)... 

Did it reply to the question whether the Civil Service is part of the Public Service? 

 

Public Service or Civil Service?

There are 145,000 public officers within the Singapore Public Service, which includes all 16 ministries and more than 60 statutory boards. Within the Public Service is the Civil Service, which comprise about 85,000 officers in the ministries.

Not included in the Civil Service: Officers in statutory boards; the Singapore Armed Forces; and nurses and doctors who work at public hospitals.

 

Public or Civil Servant? There is a difference.

AUGUST 5, 2014 / THEBUMBLINGTECHNOCRAT

Having been in the Singapore public service for the better part of 5 years or so, some mandated others not so much. There has been a lot of confusion from people on how to use the term public service or civil service. So in the spirit of clarity I thought I would provide some illumination.

1. Everybody that works in a Ministry (e.g. Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, etc.) is considered to be a civil servant. There are a few exceptions to that rule. The people working in departments that fall under the Prime Minister’s Office are also considered to be part of the civil service, these are namely the Public Service Division, National Research Foundation, National Climate Change Secretariat, the National Security Coordination Secretariat and the National Population and Talent Division.
2. If you wear a uniform you are not a civil servant. The SAF (Singapore Armed Forces), SCDF (Singapore Civil Defence Force) and the SPF (Singapore Police Force) to name a few are not considered part of the civil service and while some practices are maintained (administratively) they largely operate quite differently from their ministry peers.
3. If you work in any of the numerous statutory boards (“stat boards”) of the Singapore government you are no a civil servant. You are a public servant as all stat boards are mandated separately and are funded through the budgets from their parent Ministry.
4. If you work in a public hospital you are not a civil servant. The public hospitals are privately incorporated and in turn owned by MOHH (Ministry of Health Holdings) which is in turned owned by MOH (Ministry of Heatlh). As such the employees at hospitals are treated the same as Statutory board employees and are technically not considered to be public or civil servants, and are a separate category altogether as a healthcare services employees.
5. If you are a judge or legal officer (DPPS, etc). You are not a public or civil servant. You are under the legal officers scheme which was essentially in maintaining that the judicial system and the prosecutorial system are entirely separate from the government (in design).

 

Comment: Definition seems to be wrong too and fails to say what the public service officer are. If all are "civil servants" then why are there only 85,000 and not 145,000? 

 

 

My definition: 

Public service "servants" are all persons working for the Government at Ministries, Government Boards and government offices (government offices for example: National Climate Change Secretariat). 

Civil servants are only those officers who work at the Ministries (and not at Government Boards or other government offices). 

 

 

 

[Guest paulsmith2]

do you think there will be bonus this year?

[auscent]

No. 

Given the uncertainties and the hardship many going through, I feel guilty even thinking about my first world problems.

[Guest Curious]

43 minutes ago, auscent said:

No. 

Given the uncertainties and the hardship many going through, I feel guilty even thinking about my first world problems.

 

Sorry, just wanted to learn more. But what hardship are you talking about? None of the people i know are having paycut/ retrenched. I guess it's mostly the foreigners affected, thus, not that bad. In fact, many might still have gained from the generosity of the government, e.g. grab delivery / taxi drivers who got 9K help. That's an additional 1K/mth. Were they really that badly affected in the first place or they actually ended up with a net gain? I was surprised that the incumbent lost votes as I felt they were very generous. Maybe it's just people getting ungrateful.

[Guest Fatty]

6 hours ago, Guest Curious said:

 

Sorry, just wanted to learn more. But what hardship are you talking about? None of the people i know are having paycut/ retrenched. I guess it's mostly the foreigners affected, thus, not that bad. In fact, many might still have gained from the generosity of the government, e.g. grab delivery / taxi drivers who got 9K help. That's an additional 1K/mth. Were they really that badly affected in the first place or they actually ended up with a net gain? I was surprised that the incumbent lost votes as I felt they were very generous. Maybe it's just people getting ungrateful.

Yes, we should cherish how lucky we are under the capable leadership of pap

[cutejack]

1 hour ago, Guest Fatty said:

Yes, we should cherish how lucky we are under the capable leadership of pap

Everything is good except the foreign crowd n money making bizz via medical n housing

The rest are ok but not perfect until u come here n brag abt it.

[cutejack]

9 hours ago, auscent said:

No. 

Given the uncertainties and the hardship many going through, I feel guilty even thinking about my first world problems.

My point of view is with higher pay paid with cheaper expenses ,one should be able to save up for rainy days unlike countries like msia where salaries are low n things are on the high side. So what hardship are you talking abt? No savings at all? One cant be too greedy in life.

[blueday]

Fingers crossed! 😔

[Guest Guest]

6 hours ago, krykry189 said:

With the pandemic, will performance bonus for civil servants be cut down too?

 

OF COURSE NOT! THAT'S WHAT FREE RIDING IS MEANT FOR! WE WILL TAP INTO THE ETERNAL CPF WELL OF RESERVES AND LEAVE NOTHING FOR ANYONE ELSE TO USE. WE WORKED SO HARD DURING THE COVID19 SITUATION AND WE WERE IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL AT KEEPING THE VIRUS AT BAY! THE ENTIRE WORLD EVEN SAID OUR EFFORTS WERE GOLD STANDARDS! HOW DARE ANYONE EVEN THINK OF CUTTING OUR BONUS! WE WILL ALL BE GIVEN OUR BONUS AND OUR PROMOTIONS AND EVEN MORE SOON! YOU CAN BET YOUR LAST DOLLAR ON THAT! 

[Coolbriz]

On 9/7/2020 at 4:00 PM, krykry189 said:

With the pandemic, will performance bonus for civil servants be cut down too?

Performance bonus got to wait till first quarter next year I guess. Yr end bonus is different from performance bonus. 

[sphere]

On 9/1/2020 at 11:02 PM, Guest paulsmith2 said:

do you think there will be bonus this year?

 

 

Hope you've been following the news:

No year-end bonus for civil servants, but 13th month bonus will still be paid out: PSD (read full news report ---> here)

 

 

 

[auscent]

Prob frustrating to some. But better to think there are others struggling, facing job uncertainties

[Guest Fatty]

20 minutes ago, auscent said:

Prob frustrating to some. But better to think there are others struggling, facing job uncertainties

Sucks to be them. Who ask them not to join civil service?

[Guest guest]

8 hours ago, auscent said:

Prob frustrating to some. But better to think there are others struggling, facing job uncertainties

even those who still have job, their bonus and increment all might be affected.

[mate69]

36 minutes ago, Guest guest said:

even those who still have job, their bonus and increment all might be affected.

 

yes

[sphere]

25 Nov 2021

 

Civil servants to get 1-month year-end bonus; additional S$500 for junior grades.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

 

[firefight]

On 11/25/2021 at 8:00 PM, sphere said:

25 Nov 2021

 

Civil servants to get 1-month year-end bonus; additional S$500 for junior grades.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

 

. Fine I took more time to read.

Edited November 25, 2021 by firefight

[Guest huh??]

On 11/25/2021 at 8:23 PM, firefight said:

Good to hear so for year end bonus.

Is it additional to 13mth wage supplement?

bo qiu ar? 3 news report u aso don understand ar? 

[firefight]

On 11/25/2021 at 9:08 PM, Guest huh?? said:

bo qiu ar? 3 news report u aso don understand ar? 

Noted your clarification.

[sphere]

@firefight apparently, you've edited your post/question, but managed to find out from above...

 

Great that you have gotten the answer.

In general, the announcement should usually be on top of the usual 13th month bonus (also known as the Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance).

Hope this clarifies eh.

 

[sphere]

24 Nov 2022

 

Civil servants to receive 1.1-month year-end bonus; junior grade officers to get additional one-time payment of $700.   

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

Together with the mid-year bonus of 0.35-month, this year's total would be 1.45-month of bonus payout.

[though still slightly lower than 2017/18 of a total 1.5-month bonus each, but at least better than the last 3 years]

 

[sphere]

The bonus payout for the past 13 years (source)

Interestingly, it seems that the highest bonus payout for a year would be a total of 1.5-month (excluding 13th month), did they ever pay more than this amount?

[1.5-month in 2010, 2013, 2017 & 2018]

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by sphere

[sphere]

19 Jun 2023

 

Civil servants to receive 0.3-month mid-year bonus; one-time payment for junior grade officers of up to $400.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

[sphere]

27 Nov 2023

 

Civil servants to receive 0.6-month year-end bonus; junior-grade officers to get additional one-time payment.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

[sphere]

20 Jun 2024

 

Civil servants to receive 0.45-month mid-year bonus; one-time payment for junior grade officers of up to $250.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

[sphere]

25 Nov 2024

 

Civil servants to receive 1.05 months of year-end bonus; junior-grade officers to get additional $600.

(CNA - here)

(Straits Times - here)

(PSD - here)

 

[thickhead79]

huat!!

[mate69]

Very generous