According to SRC, retreat allowance is paid to public officers participating in special assignments meant to review, develop and produce policy documents away from their workstation.
SRC says this is a job responsibility that is factored in determining the relative worth of a job during a job evaluation, the results of which inform the remuneration of a job.Payment of Retreat Allowance, in addition to the basic salary, amounts to double compensation.
Consequently, SRC advises that the allowanceceases to be payable for public officers.
Sitting Allowance for Members of Institutional Internal Committee Institutional Internal Committees are constituted to facilitate the execution of the mandate of theinstitution.
Therefore, payment of Sitting Allowance to Members of Institutional Internal Committees, in addition to the basic salary, amounts to double compensation.
Consequently, SRC advises that the allowance ceases to be payable for public officers.Retreat Allowance; Payment of Taskforce Allowance to members of internal institution taskforce, in addition to the basic salary, amounts to double compensation, as internal institution taskforces are constituted to execute the mandate of the institution.
Consequently, SRC advises that the allowance ceases to be payable to members of internal institutional taskforce.
Further, SRC advises as follows:
Taskforce Allowance – For all other taskforces, Accounting Officers shall seek the review and advice by SRC on the payment; Where public officers are involved in a taskforce on a full-time basis for more than one month, they shall be required to opt for either the taskforce allowance or the monthly salary for the substantive post; and Public officers shall not be paid for more than one taskforce for the same period of time; A Taskforce Allowance shall be payable to public officers for a maximum period of 15 days in a month.
The number of paid days in a taskforce takes cognizance of compensation paid to other public officers in their regular jobs during the period of the taskforce; Accounting Officers shall approve payment of Taskforce Allowance upon the successful completion of the task, as per rates advised by SRC.
Daily Subsistence Allowances (Local and Foreign Travel); The payment of Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) is meant to facilitate public officers to attend to official assignments away from their duty stations within the country and out of the country.
Consequently, SRC advises on DSA (Local and Foreign Travel) rates payable to public officers as follows: DSA (Local Travel):
The DSA rates are standardised across the country, and paid as advised in Table 1.
