Lesotho Parliament seeks clarity on public-sector pay rises
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
The Lesotho government’s plan to raise civil servants’ salaries by two grades has prompted questions in Parliament about how it will be implemented and when. Public Service Minister Moeketsi Motšoane said employees at grades A and C would be paid at grades C and E, respectively, the Sunday Express reports.
Lesotho’s Parliament is asking the government to clarify the timetable and arrangements for its plan to raise civil servants’ salaries by two grades. MPs raised these questions after a presentation by the Minister of Public Service, Moeketsi Motšoane, on Friday, according to the Sunday Express.
The plan provides for employees paid at grade A to receive the salary corresponding to grade C, while those at grade C would move to the grade E pay level. MPs questioned the feasibility of this structure and sought to understand its impact on other categories of civil servants, the Sunday Express reports.
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