Some civil servants still not paid increments despite the many promises
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While it must be stated that over 75 percent of officers were paid between June and July 2023 as promised by Governor John J Rankin, CMG, who is the head of the civil service, and his Deputy David D. Archer Jr, all payments have still not been completed and there are still arrears for other years.
Those who were paid were for 2019 and 2020; therefore, payments for 2021 to 2022 remain outstanding. It is unclear the amount of arrears that will be paid for the outstanding years.
Industrial actions?
Many have claimed that the morale of civil servants is at an all-time low. Over the past years, there have been sickouts in public bodies and emergency meetings to prevent strikes over pay. In May and July of this year, the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island had to be closed because of wage issues by firefighters and air traffic controllers.
From 2019 to current, both Ministers of Finance, Andrew A. Fahie and now Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), made clear that they have placed the funding in the national budgets to pay increments to civil servants.
It is believed that many factors contributed to why public servants in Departments and Ministries are still owed their increments. Factors such as performance appraisal forms not being filled out by Supervisors and Department Heads, officers in temporary positions, and promotions of some officers who have reached their pay scale maximum, have been listed as challenges to timely payments.
When will this matter be closed?
It is unclear when the remaining issues will be worked out as, according to promises and updates made by Governor Rankin and Mr Archer a few months ago, all civil servants should have been paid by the end of July 2023.
To date, all civil servants have still not been paid.
Acting Deputy Governor Petrona N. Davies did not respond to our request for comment.
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34 Responses to “Some civil servants still not paid increments despite the many promises”
I had my share of protesting back them, your time is now so try put down the microphones and stand tall in the faces of whatever is disrupting the flow of our country(chat to me when u standup
become nuisances in our community. Just pay the workers their increment ASAP and raise their pay a bit.
Don't talk about going to lawyer because those lawyers in the BVIs are jokers.
Those people in authority just plain WICKED.