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SRC CRACKS WHIP ON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AGAIN, COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOSE BENEFITS IN ALLOWANCES

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SRC CRACKS WHIP ON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AGAIN, COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOSE BENEFITS IN ALLOWANCES

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission, SRC has released a new circular seeking a salary review for all county government employees at the executive.

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The circular, dated July 8 and addressed to all county governors, county secretaries and secretaries to the county public service board indicating the Commission’s recent activities aimed at slicing and/or abolishing some undeserved allowances paid to state and public officers.

“The Salaries and Remuneration Commission conducted a job evaluation exercise in the public service. As part of its implementation, the SCRC has recommended a salary review for the county government employees at the executive. The review was to be implemented in four phases taking into consideration the overall affordability within a sustainable fiscal framework,” reads the circular in part.

The government has already implemented the first three phases of the salary review for county government employees at the executive in job groups A to S in July 2017, July 2018, and July 2019 respectively.

According to the Circular, SRC is now seeking to harmonize salaries for all civil servants and put an end to the regular industrial action occasioned by salary disparities.

During the first two phases of salary reviews, the Commission merged job groups A to F to ensure that the salary was within the statutory minimum wage.

Phase three affected job groups G to S and is set to end on July 1, 2020.

New Grades

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SRC also converted the job groups to the new grades as below
JOB GROUP A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S
NEW GRADE B18 B17 B16 B15 B14 B13 B12 B11

Slashed salaries
The review of salaries by the SRC has greatly affected the salaries and allowances paid to county government workers with most allowances being merged and others sliced.

The newly revised salaries shall apply to county government employees who were in service on or before July 1, 2020.

Allowances

House Allowance
According to the SRC, house allowances will be paid based on the revised standards for the public service citing reference number SRC/TS/MDP/3/1/2 (2) that dates back to August 11, 2015.

Commuter allowance
According to the Commission, commuter allowances will be paid as per the office of the President circular ref. number OP, CAB, 23/ 1A dated June 30, 2006, on the implementation of new transport policy in the public service and the ministry of service for public service circular on payment of commuter allowances.

Daily subsistence allowance
SRC says that the daily subsistence allowance shall be paid as per the SRC circular on review of rates and cluster classification for purposes of payment of daily subsistence allowances local travel as captured in ref. n. SRC/ADM/CIR/1/13 Volume IV dated November 10, 2017.

Hardship Allowance
This allowance will be paid based on the latest circular on clarification on designated hardship areas in the civil service.

Medical allowance
This will be paid as per the circular on the medical scheme for public officers serving in the county governments as cited in ref. no SCR/TS/CGOVT/3/61 dated December 19, 2014.

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