WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1982
STANDING COMMISSION REPORT NO. 8 ACCEPTED
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ITS ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORT NO. 8 OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. THIS REPORT COVERS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION BENCHMARKS, GRADES WITH STUDENT RANKS AND LONG SERVICE INCREMENTS.
EDUCATIONAL QUAL IF ICATION BENCHMARKS ARE USED TO SET THE STARTING PAY OF MOST CIVIL SERVICE JOBS.
FOLLOWING A STUDY OF LEVELS OF STARTING PAY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THE COMMISSION HAS FOUND THAT WITH ONE EXCEPTION THE EXISTING BENCHMARKS ARE APPROPRIATE.
THE EXCEPTION IS THE BENCHMARK ENTRY POINT FOR MATRICULATION WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED SHOULD BE REDUCED FROM POINT
AS A 16 ($3 930) TO POINT 14 ($3 460) OF THE MASTER PAY SCALE. RESULT, THE STARTING PAY OF 16 MATRICULATION GRADES WILL BE LOWERED BY ABOUT $470.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THE INTRODUCTION OF BENCHMARK ENTRY POINTS FOR GRADES REQUIRING A POLYTECHNIC HIGHER DIPLOMA (MPS 17 ($4 165)) OR A POLYTECHNIC DIPLOMA (MPS 14 ($3 460)). THIS REFLECTS THE INCREASING EXTENT TO WHICH THE CIVIL SERVICE IS RECRUITING GRADUATES FROM THE POLYTECHNIC.
THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR CIVIL SERVICE GRADES WHICH AT PRESENT ARE CLASSIFIED AS GRADES WITH STUDENT RANKS. THESE INCLUDE GRADES SUCH AS NURSES AND LABORATORY TECHNICIANS.
THE EXTENT TO
IN THE FIRST PLACE STUDENTS WILL BE PAID FROM A NEW TRAINING PAY SCALE WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE TRAINEES. SECONDLY THE PAY AND STRUCTURE OF THE POST-TRAINING RANKS WILL GENERALLY BE DETERMINED AFTER TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE STANDARD ACHIEVED BY THE TRAINEES ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, WHICH THIS COMPARES WITH POLYTECHNIC QUALIFICATIONS AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE NEW POLYTECHNIC BENCHMARKS. AS A RESULT, THE STARTING PAY OF 25 RANKS WILL BE LOWERED BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE MAXIMUM PAY OF ALMOST ALL FIRST RANKS IN THIS GROUP WILL BE RAISED TO PROVIDE A MORE REALISTIC PAY RANGE.
IN THE CASE OF LONG SERVICE INCREMENTS, THE COMMISSION HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH LIMIT THE PROVISION OF SUCH INCREMENTS TO THE JUNIOR RANKS OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
COPIES OF REPORT NO. 8 ARE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.