2024年4月3日，新加坡內政部長兼律政部長尚穆根，在國會上關回答盛港集選區議員何廷儒，有關公務員被給付超額薪水的問題。
以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：
何廷儒（盛港集選區）向內政部長提問：
（a）過去三年中，每年有多少通過VITAL的工資和報銷服務向政府職員超額支付的案例被發現；
（b） 有多少人受到影響；
（c） 超額支付的總金額是多少；
（d） 發現的超額支付中，金額最小和最大的是多少；
（e） 截至目前，已追回多少金額。
新加坡內政部長兼律政部長尚穆根：
在公共服務部門，每個月12日會提前支付職員薪水和津貼。超額支付一般發生在職員沒有全勤工作一個月的情況下；還可能發生在職員沒有償還因未履行培訓和獎學金合約的賠償金時離職時；或者他們在公立醫院或診所就診的醫療費用先由政府支付，後從工資中扣除的情況下。
任何超額支付的工資會通過人力資源和工資系統（HRPS）從下一次工資中扣除。對於離職或在無薪假期的職員，內政部會通過Vital追回超額支付的工資。過去三年內由Vital負責追討的超額支付工資的情況如下表1所示。
2021-2023 超額支付案例2021202220236031,295542
受影響的職員總數為1,985人，其中一些職員有多起超額支付工資的情況。超額支付工資的總金額為$3,466,544.43，單筆金額從$0.01（最低）到$238,522.41（最高）不等。最高超額支付是因未履行海外獎學金合約而需支付的違約金。大約70%的超額支付工資案例金額低於$500。截至2024年3月25日，已經追回了$1,120,907.48。
以下是英文質詢內容：
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in each of the last three years, how many instances of overpayment to the Ministry's staff made through VITAL’s payroll and claims services have been detected; (b) how many individuals have been affected; (c) what has been the total amount of overpayments made; (d) what have been the smallest and largest amounts of overpayments detected; and (e) how much has been recovered to date.
Mr K Shanmugam: In the public sector, staff are paid a full month's salary and allowances in advance (pay day is 12th of every month). Overpayment occurs when the staff did not work for the full month. Overpayment can also happen when exited staff have not repaid liquidated damages due to not fulfilling their training or scholarship bonds, or if they have incurred medical expenses at public hospitals or polyclinics that are billed to the Government first and to be offset from the staff's salary later.
Any overpayment to staff is recovered from their next or subsequent payroll via the HR & Payroll System (HRPS). For staff who have left us or are on no-pay leave, the Ministry of Home Affairs engages VITAL to recover the overpayments. The number of overpayment cases for which VITAL was engaged in the last three years is in Table 1 below.
The total number of staff affected is 1,985 and some staff have more than one case of overpayment. The total amount of overpayment is $3,466,544.43, ranging from $0.01 (lowest) to $238,522.41 (highest) for each case. The highest overpayment amount is due to liquidated damages for not fulfilling the overseas scholarship bond. About 70% of the cases were overpayment involving less than $500. As of 25 March 2024, $1,120,907.48 have been recovered.
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