The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a 4 percent pay raise for public-sector workers to be implemented next year.
The proposed amendment to the central government’s budget is to increase wages for government employees, teachers at public schools and military personnel, although it still needs to be approved by the legislature.
If the budget amendment clears the legislative floor, it would be the highest pay increase for public-sector employees in 25 years, following a 5 percent raise in 1996.
The previous time the public sector received a pay raise was in 2018, when salaries were increased by 3 percent.
Public-sector workers also received 3 percent
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Executive Yuan yesterday approved a 4 percent pay raise for public-sector workers to be implemented next year.
COVID-19: Taiwan adds 321 new virus cases
DELAYED REPORTING: An additional 400 cases were integrated into the past week’s reports and the updated figures showed that new infections peaked on Monday
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 321 new local COVID-19 infections and two deaths, while an additional 400 cases that had been delayed in reporting have been added to the daily confirmed cases reported from Sunday last week to Friday.
Two imported cases were also confirmed yesterday, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The 400 delayed cases have been added to the previously reported cases following “regression calibration,” he said.
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