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CHAPTER 12
FUTURE PROGRAMME OF WORK
12.1
Following the completion of Report No. 5 we propose to devote our next phase of work mainly to a detailed study of the following topics.
Civil Service Pay Policy
12.2
In 1979, we were asked by the Chief Secretary to examine the need for regular pay trend surveys in the context of our Term of Reference I (c). We were also aware that, in accepting the recommendations in our First Report on Civil Service Pay in November 1979, the Executive Council had advised that any review of salaries in 1980 should be considered in the light of our recommendations on future pay policy.
12.3
We consider that the future of pay trend surveys should be examined in the context of the overall pay policy for the civil service. However, since the subject is a complex one requiring considerable research and consultation with all those concerned both in the public and private sectors, we were unable to submit our recommendations to the Governor in time for them to affect the general pay adjustments for 1980.
12.4
We therefore advised the Governor, in a letter dated 25th February 1980, that the arrangements for the conduct of the 1980 Pay Trend Survey should proceed as in previous years. This is in keeping with our Term of Reference VII. A copy of our letter to His Excellency is in Appendix X.
12.5
We intend to begin a review of overall pay policy including the annual pay trend survey system during our next phase of work. Related to this issue are the future role, methodology and administrative location of the Pay Investigation Unit, which also require further consideration. In view of the complexity of the subject, the need to obtain information from other countries and the possible use of consultants, we doubt whether we shall be able to complete our review in time for it to affect any arrangements for the 1981 Pay Trend Survey.
Grades with Student Ranks
12.6
In Chapter 3 we have drawn attention to the situation with regard to Grades with Student Ranks which we consider to be unsatisfactory. The present system of setting pay scales for these grades appears to us to place