The Salaries Re­view Com­mis­sion (SRC) has rec­om­mend­ed that the prime min­is­ter’s salary be in­creased by $28,167 over what it cur­rent­ly is.

It would move the prime min­is­ter’s salary to $87,847 if ap­proved.

The re­port was laid in Par­lia­ment to­day, al­so rec­om­mend­ing in­creas­es for the Pres­i­dent of the Re­pub­lic, the Chief Jus­tice, the Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly, the Op­po­si­tion Leader, Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment, mem­bers of the Ju­di­cia­ry, the Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er, and oth­er se­nior pub­lic ser­vants.

The prime min­is­ter’s salary is cur­rent­ly $59,680 which was set in 2013 and would rise in two lay­ers, in­creas­ing from Oc­to­ber 1, 2020 to Sep­tem­ber 30, 2023 to $80,000, and then from Oc­to­ber 1, 2023 on­ward to $87,847.

It means the prime min­is­ter would qual­i­fy for back­pay amount­ing to $731,520 for the first three-year pe­ri­od ($20,320 x 36 months) and a fur­ther $366,171 ($28,167 x 13 months) from Oc­to­ber 1, 2023 to now, a sum of $1,097,691 be­fore tax­es.

The du­ty al­lowance of $8,680, how­ev­er, would be re­moved.

The Pres­i­dent’s salary would in­crease from the cur­rent $64,270 to $73,920 in an ini­tial three-year pe­ri­od from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023, and then in­crease fur­ther to $81,170 there­after.

That would amount to back pay of $567,100.

The Pres­i­dent is not re­quired to pay tax­es.

The SRC al­so rec­om­mend­ed that the Pres­i­dent’s du­ty al­lowance of $9,650 be re­moved.

The Chief Jus­tice’s salary would go from the cur­rent $50,350 to $55,477 from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023 and then in­crease to $60,919 from then.

Over those same time pe­ri­ods, a Jus­tice of Ap­peal’s salary would rise from the cur­rent $42,020 to $46,299 ini­tial­ly, and then to $50,840, and a Pui­sine Judge from the cur­rent $37,300 to $41,098 ini­tial­ly, and then to $45,130.

The Leader of the Op­po­si­tion would get an in­crease from $29,590 to $47,500 from Oc­to­ber 1, 2020 to Sep­tem­ber 30, 2023, and then to $52,159 from Oc­to­ber 1, 2023.

That would qual­i­fy the Op­po­si­tion Leader for to­tal back pay of $938,157 be­fore tax.

The Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly would get an in­crease from the cur­rent salary of $41,030 to $47,500 for the pe­ri­od Oc­to­ber 1, 2020 to Sep­tem­ber 30, 2023, and then to $52,159 from Oc­to­ber 1, 2023 on­ward.

That would amount to back pay of $377,597 be­fore tax.

Cab­i­net min­is­ters would get the same salary in­creas­es as the THA Chief Sec­re­tary.

Among the hun­dreds of oth­er pub­lic ser­vants in­clud­ed in the SRC re­port, the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice would get a salary in­crease from the cur­rent $31,080 to $39,300 for the pe­ri­od April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023, and then to $43,155 from April 1, 2023 on­ward.