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Appendix 14
1.
Estimated additional cost of possible changes to Civil Service maternity leave arrangments at Appendix 10
Number of female officers in 13 departments surveyed:
on 1.4.1977: 14,137
on 1.4.1978: 14,896
2. Number of officers in 13 departments who took maternity leave
(according to & Management Cervices Division survey):
1977: 676 (4.78%)
1978: 641 (4.30%)
Average incidence of officers taking maternity leave: 4.54%
3. Total number of ferale officers in the Civil Service on 1.4.1979: 28,127
4. Estimated number of officers taking maternity leave in 1979:
5.
6.
4.54% of 28,127 1,227
It is assumed that currently all maternity leave last 10 weeks; 5 weeks earned leave plus 5 weeks half-pay maternity leave.
It is further assumed that all officers would qualify for and avail themselves of the proposed 10 weeks full pay maternity leave.
7.
The additional cost per officer would be 72 weeks salary.
&.
9.
The Clerical Officer II maximum salary point $2,425 per month (an arbitrary choice) is used as the average monthly salary.
Estimated additional cost in a full year:
Estimated number of
71⁄2 weeks
officers taking
monthly
12
X salary X 52
maternity leave
12
1,277
X 71⁄2 x 42,425 x
52
22
$5.359.716
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