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The Cabinet has reportedly decided to pay millions owed in back pay to civil servants in two tranches. <\/p>

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The government committed to raise the resources required to meet the back pay of civil servants although the precise amounts have not yet been definitively determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, one-half is likely to be paid by October 31, 2018; and the other one-half before the end of 2018,\u201d the government announced after Cabinet yesterday.<\/p>

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It said the calculations to each established worker, each non-established worker, each teacher and other individual members of several unions will have to be determined precisely. <\/p>

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\u201cThe money will be raised, the Cabinet is assured, to eliminate the back pay debt owed to government workers for varying periods of time, as agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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