The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) will continue requesting the government to consider granting two months' bonus to all civil servants this year.

Cuepacs president Omar Osman said the union hoped the government would pay out a one month bonus before Hari Raya and the other after the festival was over.

He said Cuepacs had officially written to the government and hoped for the good news from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak soon.

civil servants government workers“Civil servants have not received a bonus since 2008, so we hope the government will consider our request and make the payment before and after Hari Raya to ease the burden of the people,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Omar said Cuepacs had made similar requests many times before since Cuepacs has been receiving numerous calls from civil servants.
        
He added that bonus payment should be across the board and not limited till Grade 54.

Meanwhile, Omar said Cuepacs, which rejected the Pensions Provident Scheme (SPB) proposed by the Public Services Department (PSD), was still willing discuss the matter.

“Though the proposal was unanimously rejected by Cuepacs, we are still willing to discuss the matter if there was room for improvement. Through a meeting, we hope to put forward our views and recommendations and tell the government why Cuepacs had rejected the proposal,” he said.

- Bernama