{"id":18044,"date":"2020-01-13T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=18044"},"modified":"2020-01-13T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:24:00","slug":"civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances","title":{"rendered":"Civil Servants to start receiving cushioning allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development says Civil Servants will start receiving their Cushioning Allowances in full starting from January 14 (Tuesday).<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by the finance ministry, the move is a decision by the government to cushion members of the Public Service from hostile economic challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cTreasury wishes to advise of the Government of Zimbabwe\u2019s decision to cushion members of the Public Service from the adverse economic challenges through awarding an interim \u2018Cushioning Allowance\u2019 for January 2020,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis follows the Public Service Commission\u2019s approval to implement the Government decision, guided by the capacity of the economy and the 2020 budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Treasury has concurred with the Government\u2019s decision to implement cushioning as follows;<\/p>\n

\u201cBand F $400, Band E $800, Band D $780, Band C $770, Band B $760 and Band A $750.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the statement, the government said it is committed to improving the welfare of all Civil Servants.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is fully cognisant of the critical economic role that Civil Servants play in delivery of public services, and thus remains committed to improving the welfare of all Civil Servants in light of the current challenging macro-economic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development says Civil Servants will start receiving their Cushioning Allowances in full starting from January 14 (Tuesday). In a statement issued by the finance ministry, the move is a decision by the government to cushion members of the Public Service from hostile economic challenges. \u201cTreasury wishes to advise of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[258,800],"class_list":{"0":"post-18044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-civil-servants","10":"tag-government-of-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nCivil Servants to start receiving cushioning allowances - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development says Civil Servants will start receiving their Cushioning Allowances in full starting from\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Civil Servants to start receiving cushioning allowances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development says Civil Servants will start receiving their Cushioning Allowances in full starting from\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-13T19:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/11\/Mthuli-Ncube-Morton-Jaffray-992x600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"992\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-to-start-receiving-cushioning-allowances\",\"name\":\"Civil Servants to start receiving cushioning allowances - 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