New Delhi: The Eighth Pay Commission is still far yonder from formal recommendations, but its discussion has intensified among the employees. The reason is the demand of a large organization of railway employees, in which it has been proposed to implement variegated fitment factors for variegated pay levels. If this proposal is accepted, the vital salary of some senior employees may increase by up to 400 percent. For this reason, marvel well-nigh this has increased among government employees and pensioners.
What is the whole matter of the fitment factor?
The fitment factor in the Pay Commission is the formula through which the existing vital pay is converted into the new salary. In the Seventh Pay Commission, this factor was kept at 2.57. Now the Railway Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA) has proposed five variegated fitment factors. The organization says that it is not towardly to wield the same formula for all employees, considering responsibilities and technical work transpiration at variegated levels.
How much can the salary increase?
According to the proposal, there has been a demand to alimony the fitment factor at 4.38 for Level-17 and Level-18 employees. If this happens, then the new vital salary of an employee who was getting a vital salary of Rs 2.5 lakh can reach virtually Rs 11 lakh. There may moreover be a big jump in the salaries of middle level employees. Although this is only the demand of the employee organizations, the final visualization has to be taken by the government and the Pay Commission.
What else are the employee organizations demanding?
The railway employees' organization has moreover raised the demand for a separate pay structure for technical staff. Apart from this, demands for 5 percent yearly salary increase, subtracting 50 percent dearness wage to vital pay and faster promotion are moreover included. Many employee organizations are talking well-nigh increasing the minimum vital pay from Rs 69 thousand to Rs 72 thousand.
What is the biggest rencontre facing the government?
Experts believe that such a huge salary increase can increase economic pressure on the government. With the increase in salary, expenses related to pension, solatium and retirement will moreover increase rapidly. Apart from the inside government, it will moreover stupefy the state governments considering often the states moreover increase the salaries of their employees on the understructure of the recommendations of the Inside Pay Commission.
What can transpiration the family based pay formula?
Employee organizations have moreover demanded changes in the “family unit” formula. He says that earlier, where a family of three members was considered the base, now it should be increased to five members. Organizations oppose that in today's time, the undersong on employees due to children, elderly parents and rising inflation is greater than before.
8th Pay Commission Proposed Fitment Factors
| Pay Levels | Proposed Fitment Factor |
|---|---|
| Levels 1 to 5 | 2.92 |
| Levels 6 to 8 | 3.50 |
| Levels 9 to 12 | 3.80 |
| Levels 13 to 16 | 4.09 |
| Levels 17 to 18 | 4.38 |
