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Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil., MP, (2nd left) Minister of Finance and the Public Service and Lilia Burunciuc (2nd right), World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean Countries sign a loan agreement to support the Jamaica Social Protection for Increased Resilience and Opportunities Project during a visibility ceremony at the ministry on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Looking on are Collette Roberts Risden (left), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security and Dr. Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi (right), World Bank Human Development Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Region.
Kingston, Jamaica: Monday, June 23, 2025
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, has today advised that the movement of up to three (3) increments in the substantive salary scales for all eligible public sector workers will amount to an increase in basic salary of approximately 7.5% for most public sector workers. She has contrasted this agreement with the norm before the comprehensive salary reform of 2022, in which only one (1) increment would be made in a year, and such a move was also tied to receiving 75% or more on the Performance Management and Appraisal System (PMAS).
Minister Williams notes that the payment of up to three (3) increments in FY 2025/26 was arrived at through engagement with the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU).
“Some ministries, departments and agencies have already made the payments to their public sector workers, and other entities are working toward effecting the payments in keeping with the timeline to pay by the end of this month,” Minister Williams said.
Minister Williams observed that this adjustment is part of ongoing efforts to enhance the remuneration framework in a fair and fiscally sustainable way. She added that,
“This increase has been agreed even as we continue to explore the method by which performance should be assessed”.
Minister Williams emphasised that the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will continue to engage with the various unions and associations across the public service to refine the compensation structure in a way that is fair, transparent and aligned with the need to ensure fiscal sustainability.
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The Hon. Nigel Clarke, D.Phil., MP
Minister of Finance and the Public Service
30 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4
Tel: (876) 932-4656 / 4660 / 4655
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Finance Minister, Fayval Williams, notes comments in the public domain concerning the appointment of Mr. Dennis Chung as Chief Technical Director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and a proposal that the Government inserts itself into the process by over-turning the recommendation of the Office of the Services Commission (OSC).
Finance Minister, Fayval Williams, notes comments in the public domain concerning the appointment of Mr. Dennis Chung as Chief Technical Director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and a proposal that the Government inserts itself into the process by over-turning the recommendation of the Office of the Services Commission (OSC).
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Dennis Chung as Chief Technical Director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), effective June 2, 2025.
A Jamaica Teachers Association Memorandum dated April 23, 2025 to its membership from the Secretary General, Mark Nicely, stated that the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service had outlined that payments for the increments should be made during the first quarter of the 2025-2026 Financial Year.
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