Finance Ministry prepares assistance for state staff

Finance Ministry prepares assistance for state staff

Remedy to help 137,000 employees

The Finance Ministry is preparing to provide a financial remedy to 137,000 government contract employees to help with the cost of living, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).

The government previously rolled out financial remedy measures to assist different groups affected by the pandemic crisis, including those not covered under the social security system and Government Pension Fund.

Yet a portion of government contract employees, mostly those whose monthly salary does not exceed 15,000 baht, has yet to receive any financial help, said Kulaya Tantitemit, director-general of the FPO.

To assist these low-income government contract employees, the Finance Ministry is mulling a financial remedy measure.

As government contract…