Govt to recognise, pay for scarce skills

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At last government is prepared and willing to pay its employees with scarce skills salaries equivalent or even better than their counterparts in the private sector. In addition to the 15 percent salary increment for civil servants, those with scarce skills will get even more. This, it is hoped, will retain staff who have been moving from government to join the private sector in large numbers.

Among the most affected sectors are health, construction, the judicial service, and information technology (IT).

In her address at the ceremonial opening of the Legal Year on February 5, 2008 the Attorney General Athaliah Molokomme lamented the exodus of trained staff from her department to the private sector. 

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