WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987
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CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT 1987
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL AND HIS STAFF MET THE STAFF SIDES OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL AND THE MODEL SCALE 1 STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR PAY CLAIMS FOR 1987. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH ALSO MET THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL.
+THE RESULTS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION'S 1986-87 PRIVATE SECTOR PAY TREND SURVEY, THE PAY CLAIMS SUBMITTED BY THE STAFF SIDES OF THE THREE CENTRAL CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS AND THE RESULTS OF THE PAY LEVEL SURVEY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE CONDUCTED IN 1986-87 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THIS MORNING, SAID MR GREWAL.
+WE WERE AUTHORISED TO MAKE AN OFFER OF A PAY AWARD TO THE STAFF SIDES WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1987 BASED APPROXIMATELY ON THE 1986-87 PRIVATE SECTOR PAY TREND INDICATORS, THAT IS, AN INCREASE OF 6.3 PER CENT FOR THE UPPER BAND, 6.4 PER CENT FOR THE MIDDLE BAND AND 7.13 PER CENT FOR THE LOWER BAND.+
THE OFFER WAS MADE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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IN MAKING THE PAY OFFER MR GREWAL ALSO INDICATED THAT +WHILE THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL NOTED THE RESERVATIONS EXPRESSED BY THE STAFF SIDES REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF THE PAY LEVEL SURVEY AND ITS RESULTS, THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE THE GENERAL RESULTS OF THE PAY LEVEL SURVEY WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED INDEPENDENTLY AND IN AN UNBIASED MANNER, AND WILL NOW CONSIDER HOW THEY SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN CIVIL SERVANTS' TOTAL PAY PACKAGE IN FUTURE. THE THREE COUNCILS WILL BE CONSULTED IN DUE COURSE ON THE DETAILS OF ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE+.
THE OFFER HAS BEEN FORMALLY ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE BY THE STAFF SIDES OF THE THREE COUNCILS. THEY HAVE, HOWEVER, RESERVED THEIR POSITION REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION ON THE PAY LEVEL SURVEY. THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL HAS ADDITIONALLY EXPRESSED RESERVATION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE PAY LEVEL SURVEY TO THE POLICE FORCE.
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