Funding for ASG pay hikes still foremost in the minds of legislators
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean has questioned how the Lemanu & Talauega Administration will fund the new government minimum wage increases and other pay hikes and voiced concerns on effect the impact of the new ASG minimum wage will have on the private sector, which is closely monitoring these financial developments.
Tuaolo’s questions and concerns came during his response after Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s special remarks on Monday at a joint session of the Fono for the opening of the Second Regular Session of the 37th Legislature.
Among the many topics that the governor highlighted in his address delivered in Samoan is the new minimum wage for government workers increasing from $5.51 per hour to $7.25 per hour — or a salary of about $15,080 per year.
The governor’s “executive summary” final budget for FY 2022 report distributed to lawmakers on Monday also addresses the minimum wage increase and other changes to the pay scale in government service.
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