Sunday, January 27, 2008

Salaries to be raised after study – Solih

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Airport Company Moosa Solih has revealed that the salaries of airport staff can only be increased after making a cost minimizing study. He said that no discussions have taken place on the subject and that salaries can only be increased after due considerations. CEO Solih revealed that the executive board of the company has not met since the recent change in the company’s CEO as such no discussions been held on increasing salaries. However he did not rule out increments to the salaries.

With the recent increment in the salaries of government employees, there have been speculations among employees of government companies on a possible increment. Airport Company last revised the salaries of their staff nearly 2 years ago.

The only company which increased the salaries of their staff since increment of government employees in January this year is State Electric Company (STELCO). Bank of Maldives has recently provided a living allowance to their staff recently. State Trading Organization (STO) has said that they are not considering any increment as yet. STO last increased the salaries of their staff in the middle of last year.

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