KUALA LUMPUR 3 Jan. – Keputusan permohonan Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) untuk mendapatkan honorarium atau sagu hati bagi menggantikan bonus kepada kakitangan awam dijangka diperoleh dalam minggu ini.
Presidennya, Omar Osman berkata, perbincangan dengan Ketua Setiausaha Negara (KSN), Tan Sri Mohd. Sidek Hassan akan dibuat selepas mendapat panggilan balas untuk menetapkan tarikh yang sesuai.
‘‘Kami akan bincang mengenai honorarium dan lanjutan persaraan wajib. Kami harap dapat keputusan yang positif dan menggembirakan semua pihak.
‘‘Perjumpaan itu kemungkinan dalam minggu ini. Kami hanya tunggu lampu hijau untuk berjumpa KSN,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini hari ini.
Sebelum ini, Omar memberitahu, perbincangan dengan Mohd. Sidek mengenai honorarium atau sagu hati bagi menggantikan bonus kepada setiap kakitangan awam akan dibuat pada awal Januari.
Bagaimanapun perbincangan itu terpaksa ditangguhkan kerana Mohd. Sidek berada di Mekah menunaikan haji.
Omar berkata, beliau sangat berharap kerajaan mempertimbangkan permohonan CUEPACS agar sagu hati RM2,000 diberi kepada setiap kakitangan awam tanpa mengira gred.
‘‘Sekolah sudah buka. Saya yakin ramai yang merungut kerana ketiadaan bonus tahun ini.
‘‘Kami harap pertemuan dengan KSN minggu ini mendapat satu keputusan yang menceriakan semua,” ujarnya.
KALENDAR PERSEKOLAHAN SESI 2008 Kumpulan B | ||||
| Penggal | Cuti dan Hari Persekolahan | Mula | Akhir | Hari |
| I | Hari Persekolahan | 03.01.2008 | 07.03.2008 | 47 |
| Cuti Pertengahan Penggal | 08.03.2008 | 16.03.2008 | 9 | |
| Hari Persekolahan | 17.03.2008 | 23.05.2008 | 50 | |
| Cuti Pertengahan Tahun | 24.05.2008 | 08.06.2008 | 16 | |
| II | Hari Persekolahan | 09.06.2008 | 15.08.2008 | 50 |
| Cuti Pertengahan Penggal | 16.08.2008 | 24.08.2008 | 9 | |
| Hari Persekolahan | 25.08.2008 | 14.11.2008 | 60 | |
| Cuti Akhir Tahun | 15.11.2008 | 04.01.2009 | 50 | |
| Jumlah | 291 | |||
| Jumlah Hari Persekolahan Termasuk Cuti Am | 207 | |||
| Jumlah Hari Cuti Penggal | 84 | |||
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"Tang aku sigi udah nemu..." Hardship, ‘Balik Kampung’ allowances for rural teachers
PUTRAJAYA: The government has approved the payment of a special allowance based on location and hardship (EKMLTK) and the “Balik Kampung” allowance (EBK) to teachers and support staff posted to schools in the interior areas, effective May 1.
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, when announcing this, said 15,499 teachers and 3,797 support staff would benefit from the new EKMLTK allowance of between RM500 and RM1,500 and incurring an additional expenditure of more than RM187 million a year to the government.
“The payment will be credited into their salary beginning this month,” he told reporters after a meeting with representatives from 24 teachers’ unions in the country at the ministry here yesterday.
He said both the allowances were only for teachers and support staff under the ministry, comprising permanent, contract, temporary and attachment personnel.
Prior to this, the Education Ministry’s Deputy Secretary-General (Finance and Development) Datuk Fatimah Md. Deni had announced that the government had agreed in principle to increase the incentive allowance for teachers in the interior areas to up to RM1,500, from the current rate which was 10 per cent of their basic salary.
Hishammuddin said the rate for the hardship allowance would depend on the status of the schools adding that the schools would be classified into three categories.
He said the classification of the schools would be based on several criteria like the mode of transport, travelling risks, water and electricity supply, accommodation and telecommunication.
“For a husband and wife pair working in the interior areas, only one of them is eligible for the hardship allowance while their spouses will automatically get the `balik kampung’ allowance,” he added.
He said the “balik kampung” allowance was a new incentive to be given once a year to teachers, the support staff and their families.
“This allowance will benefit about 100,000 teachers, support staff and their families and will involve an allocation of RM2 million a year,” he added.
He said to be eligible to receive the “balik kampung” allowance officers would have to serve in the interior areas for at least six months.
– Bernama
Source : The Borneo Post Online
