Civil servants given go-ahead to denounce lax bosses in media
A month after a call for civil servants to strike for higher pay, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday ordered government ministries to ensure that staff are paid on time, and said that otherwise workers could air their grievances in the press. The prime minister’s remarks, which came at a ceremony for graduating public administration students at the National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh, follow a written directive on January 29 saying that civil servants need to be paid by the fourth week of every month. … “We want them to be paid their salaries on time,” he told the students, many of whom are future civil servants. “Even though it is a small salary, when it is paid on time, it’s a good thing. When payment is not on time, it’s a problem.” … As part of the new reforms, the Ministry of Finance in November signed agreements with Canadia Bank, Acleda Bank, and Wing Cambodia to set up bank accounts through which civil servants would be paid. …
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