KUALA LUMPUR: Cuepacs has urged the Government to absorb more than 35,000 civil servants on contract, whose term ends in May, into the service.
Its president Datuk Omar Osman said they hoped to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak before Workers Day to resolve the matter.
“We sympathise with the contract staff. The only way to settle this matter is to talk with the Prime Minister,” he said yesterday.
He said he had received many complaints from civil servants that their contracts might not be renewed although they had performed well in their jobs.
“Some of them have worked more than 10 years in the civil service and a majority of them are in the management and professional group. They might not be able to secure a job in the private industry after working so long in the civil service,” said Omar.
He said that Cuepacs had met Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan and Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah, but nothing conclusive had come out of it.
“If they cannot be absorbed permanently, we hope the Prime Minister can consider extending their contracts,” he said.
He noted that there were about 700 Administrative and Diplomatic officers with contract status who had previously received JPA scholarships but failed to secure a permanent job in the civil service.
“I do not understand why they were not absorbed permanently,” he said.
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