Enclosure 2
REPORT OF
OF
THE SALARIES COMMISSION
THE
1928.
Recommendations and Observations.
Recommendations.
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New Your Bonus:
The Government is prepared to accept the
Commissioners' suggestion for the institution of a system of New Year bonuses to Chinese employees in the lowest categories which may most convenientl
may most conveniently be described by the term "Labour". It is realized that such a step may have very far-reaching effects in the cost of such services to other employers, including the Military and Naval Authoritics of the Colony. But some large
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"foreign employers already have such a system in orking, it is usual in domestic service and in some form or other arong Chinese employers. At the same time it is not considered practicable to fix arbitrarily a limit of wage above which no bonus shall be receivable and it is therefore proposed that a careful survey shall be made of all Chinese "Labour" in the employment of the Government, category by category and a decision taken on the merits of cach.
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