WILLEMSTAD – Civil servants and employees of special education schools who have reached the maximum level of their salary scale will receive a one-time payment of three percent this year.
The Council of Ministers has approved the so-called lump-sum payment, which is intended to provide financial compensation to workers who can no longer receive periodic salary increases because they are already at the top of their pay scale.
The measure applies to government employees as well as staff working in special education institutions.
To implement the payment, a budget amendment will be required within the Ministry of Governance, Planning and Public Service.
The decision comes at a time when the Board of Financial Supervision (Cft) has warned about the growth of personnel costs within the government.
In recent advice, the supervisory body stressed that salary measures and other structural expenditures must remain manageable within the national budget in order to safeguard the country’s financial stability.
According to the Cft, wage-related measures should therefore be carefully considered. A one-time payment such as a lump sum places less structural pressure on the budget than a permanent salary increase, but it still forms part of the broader development of government wage costs.