In accordance to a directive from the Prime Minister’s Office, civil servants are now submitting applications to the Implementation Wing of Finance Division with their opinions on salary disparities under the new pay scale structure.
An official from Youth and Sports Ministry said they have submitted their demands to the finance secretary after the PMO asked top officials of ministries and divisions to present their grievances.
The Prime Minister’s Office wants to know the overall demands and discrimination that different ministries found in the eighth pay scale, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Sources said almost 500 civil servants have already submitted their claims about salary discrimination to Senior Finance Secretary Mahbub Ahmed.
However, it was unclear whether the core committee or the separate salary disparity solving cabinet committee would address the issues presented by the public servants.
The core committee to address these issues is headed by the prime minister’s Principle Secretary Abdul Kalam Azad.
A separate cabinet committee on solving salary discrimination is headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
The government issued the gazette for the eight pay scale on December 15, while the new pay scale for 2.1 million civil servants has already come into effect from July 1, 2015.