FAQs

Salary is a fixed and regular pay for services rendered e.g. permanent and pensionable workers. While wage is not fixed e.g. casual workers or labourers.

Non-wage income is return on your investment e.g. rent on property, dividend etc.

Whenever Government deems it necessary to increase or through collective bargaining between Government and Union.

The Federal and State/Local governments are different employers of labour and in line with the 1999 constitution, no one can dictate to the other.

It is to enable the Commission place people on the right cadre

Productivity is the relationship between the output generated by a production or service system and the input provided to create the output. Productivity is the will to improve on the present situation no matter how good it may look.

Productivity measurement in the Public Service is a function of the results and time taken to accomplish them. It is basically the organisation’s final output compared with its input and the impact made by the organisation’s programme.

All the Circular issued by the Commission on salary and pensions review are of service-wide application in the Federal Public Service. However, the extent/sector of application in the Federal Public service of each circular on salary or pension review is usually clearly stated in the circular as the case may be.

All circulars issued by the Commission are of service-wide application in the Federal Public Service and must be complied with by affected agencies/organizations as indicated in the circular, whether they are on salary or pension review.

Agencies which flout the provision(s) in the circulars issued by the Commission are sanctioned in line with the provisions of the law setting up the Commission and in line with directives issued by Government from time to time as the case may be.