Rationale for National Service-component in Starting Salaries of Public Service Employees

Debated in Parliament on 26 Jul 2021.

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Carrie Tan questioned whether National Service completion is factored into Public Service starting salaries and the rationale for doing so, as well as efforts to equalize salaries between genders over time.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Civil Service acknowledges National Service by providing salary increments for male Singaporeans at their first appointment to align them with peers of the same age who did not serve.
He emphasized that after entry, salary and career progression in the Civil Service are based solely on individual merit and performance, not gender differentiation.
The response did not specify the number of positions affected but confirmed the practice applies to male officers entering the Civil Service following National Service.
Efforts to address gender salary equality were implied to be ongoing through merit-based progression, though no detailed measures were outlined.

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Carrie Tan

Ms Carrie Tan asked the Prime Minister (a) whether the Public Service takes into account the completion of National Service when deciding on starting salaries; (b) if so, what is the rationale and how many positions’ starting salaries factor this in; and (c) whether there are current efforts to equalise salaries between the genders as Public Service employees' careers progress.

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

The Civil Service strongly supports the role that male Singaporeans play in contributing to Singapore’s security through their service of full-time National Service (FTNS). We accord all Singaporean male officers salary increments for their duration of FTNS at the point of their first appointment into the Civil Service. This is to bring them on par with their peers in the same age cohort who did not serve FTNS. Once officers enter the Civil Service, their salary and career progression are based on individual merit and performance and not differentiated by gender.

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Carrie Tan questioned whether National Service completion is factored into Public Service starting salaries and the rationale for doing so, as well as efforts to equalize salaries between genders over time.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Civil Service acknowledges National Service by providing salary increments for male Singaporeans at their first appointment to align them with peers of the same age who did not serve.
He emphasized that after entry, salary and career progression in the Civil Service are based solely on individual merit and performance, not gender differentiation.
The response did not specify the number of positions affected but confirmed the practice applies to male officers entering the Civil Service following National Service.
Efforts to address gender salary equality were implied to be ongoing through merit-based progression, though no detailed measures were outlined.

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Rationale for National Service-component in Starting Salaries of Public Service Employees

Debated in Parliament on 26 Jul 2021.

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Carrie Tan questioned whether National Service completion is factored into Public Service starting salaries and the rationale for doing so, as well as efforts to equalize salaries between genders over time.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Civil Service acknowledges National Service by providing salary increments for male Singaporeans at their first appointment to align them with peers of the same age who did not serve.
He emphasized that after entry, salary and career progression in the Civil Service are based solely on individual merit and performance, not gender differentiation.
The response did not specify the number of positions affected but confirmed the practice applies to male officers entering the Civil Service following National Service.
Efforts to address gender salary equality were implied to be ongoing through merit-based progression, though no detailed measures were outlined.

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Carrie Tan

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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Carrie Tan questioned whether National Service completion is factored into Public Service starting salaries and the rationale for doing so, as well as efforts to equalize salaries between genders over time.
Chan Chun Sing responded that the Civil Service acknowledges National Service by providing salary increments for male Singaporeans at their first appointment to align them with peers of the same age who did not serve.
He emphasized that after entry, salary and career progression in the Civil Service are based solely on individual merit and performance, not gender differentiation.
The response did not specify the number of positions affected but confirmed the practice applies to male officers entering the Civil Service following National Service.
Efforts to address gender salary equality were implied to be ongoing through merit-based progression, though no detailed measures were outlined.

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Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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Rationale for National Service-component in Starting Salaries of Public Service Employees

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Carrie Tan

Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister)

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