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Singapore civil servants underpaid by S$10m due to HR errors

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Fiona Lam

Fiona Lam

Published Wed, Nov 18, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    ABOUT 3,000 former and currently serving officers in Singapore's civil service were found to have been mistakenly undercompensated by a total of around S$10 million. These individuals make up 2 per cent of civil servants in service over the past two decades.

    The civil service will make good the S$10 million shortfall in benefits to existing and past officers, said the Public Service Division (PSD) in a statement on Wednesday.

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