01-31-2024, 11:11 AM
After ridding pension scheme for new civil servants, the next step is to undo politicians’ multiple pensions
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FROM Feb 1, the new recruits into the country’s civil service will have to say goodbye to the pension system. Alternatively, they will be placed on contract system of employment with contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
By placing civil servants on a fixed term, the contract system of employment will scrutinise their progress.
I understand that civil servants already under the pension scheme will continue in the same scheme. The placement of new recruits into the civil service would not affect the 900,000 former civil service employees.
At about 1.7 million, Malaysia’s civil service is one of the most bloated civil services in the world. The announcement on civil service reform is nothing new. Proposals for reforms have been in the air for a long time. It is just that the past governments did not have the political will to introduce the changes.
While the complete proposal of the changes is not clear, what is obvious is that new recruits to the civil service will not be placed on the pension system.
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By placing civil servants on a fixed term, the contract system of employment will scrutinise their progress.
I understand that civil servants already under the pension scheme will continue in the same scheme. The placement of new recruits into the civil service would not affect the 900,000 former civil service employees.
At about 1.7 million, Malaysia’s civil service is one of the most bloated civil services in the world. The announcement on civil service reform is nothing new. Proposals for reforms have been in the air for a long time. It is just that the past governments did not have the political will to introduce the changes.
While the complete proposal of the changes is not clear, what is obvious is that new recruits to the civil service will not be placed on the pension system.
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