No 2022 bonus for govt workers of Director grade a...

No 2022 bonus for govt workers of Director grade and above

Zim Now Writer

Civil servants who fall into grades of Director upwards will not receive an annual bonus this year.

Instead, they will receive a get performance awards based on their performance for the year 2022.

This follows the agreement reached during the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC), that only civil servants of positions of Deputy Director Grades and below will receive bonuses this year.

Service Commissions Secretary Tsitsi Rosemary Choruma said the bonus that the rest of the civil servants will receive will be made up of a 13th cheque and the Special Presidential Bonus and these will be paid out in two equal batches in November and December.

“These awards will only be extended to Directors and above after all evaluations and assessments for the year 2022 are completed. Only Director Grades and above who meet their set targets will get performance awards,” stated the PSC.

Choruma said this is in line with government’s new practice of performance contracting, which only rewards satisfactory performance and sanctions non-satisfactory performance for Directors and above.

“Government is committed to ensuring that a results-based, high performance, high productivity work culture is inculcated within the civil service. From 2023 onwards, performance contracting, which had only thus far been for Director Grades and above, will also be cascaded to all civil servants of all grades across the board,” said Choruma.

She added that those falling into Grades of Director and above signed performance contracts at the beginning of 2022.