Finance Minister Winston Jordan has upped the ante for differentiated wage increases for public servants as opposed to the customary across-the-board hike.
In an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA) released yesterday he argued that across-the-board increases for public servants cannot be a solution on public service wages.
President David Granger had also made this point. In May, while receiving the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report into the public service, he had expressed the hope that the COI Report will be a launch pad for differentiated emoluments for workers …”where performance of individuals is related to promotion and pay… if they work hard they will be rewarded… if they want to be lazy, they will get a lazy person salary”.