Civil servants will get a bonus of 0.8 months on top of the thirteen-month salary. The total bonus for civil servants for year 2014 is however less than that for year 2013. So who are civil servants? Typically, civil servants are employees of ministries and organs of state while public servants are employees of statutory boards. Statutory board employees would usually follow the civil servant’s bonus guidelines.
The top civil servants in Singapore are the Administrative Officers (or AOs). AOs are usually the Permanent Secretaries, Chairman of Statutory Board, Deputy Secretary, CEOs of Statutory Board, Senior Directors in Ministries and young scholar Directors. The next level down AOs are the Management Associates. The salary of an AO is usually very very good.
I guess every civil servant will be happy to learn of the bonus. If you are a civil servant reading this post, feel free to leave your ......