Six months' pay, pension mooted for laid-off civil servants

Civil servants in departments making staff redundant will be given six months' salary and pensions if they go voluntarily, it has been recommended.

The proposal was made in a consultation paper to unions.

For example, a clerical officer who had worked for the Government for 25 years would be entitled to a lump sum pension of $1.4 million, a monthly pension of $7,541 until death and compensation of $160,830.

The calculation is based on a monthly salary of $26,805.

An officer who retires under normal circumstances would not be entitled to his pension until he reached retirement age.

The Civil Service Bureau said the proposal was similar to the arrangement for cancellation of posts.