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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988
IMPROVEMENTS TO LONG SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME PROPOSED
1988,
A NUMBER OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ΤΟ THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME ARE CONTAINED IN THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, HE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THE PROPOSALS WOULD BE WELCOMED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE WELFARE OF WORKERS.
THIS WAS PARTICULARLY SO IN RELATION TO THE EXTENSION OF THE SCHEME TO COVER RESIGNATIONS DUE TO ILL HEALTH AND OLD AGE.
MR BRIDGE EXPLAINED THAT THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER 1985.
SCHEME WAS
IT PROVIDED FOR A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF UP TO 12 MONTHS FINAL WAGES TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS DISMISSED AFTER WORKING WITH AN EMPLOYER FOR A MINIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS: 10 YEARS IN THE CASE OF THOSE AGED BELOW 41, AND FIVE YEARS FOR THOSE AGED 45 OR MORE.
ΤΟ QUALIFY FOR THE SCHEME, THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT MUST BE TERMINATED ON GROUNDS OTHER THAN SUMMARY DISMISSAL, RESIGNATION OR REDUNDANCY.
FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE, A MONTHLY PAID EMPLOYEE AGED 41 OR MORE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR TWO-THIRDS OF A MONTH'S WAGES AND A DAILY-RATED OR PIECK-RATED EMPLOYEE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR 18 DAYS' WAGES, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM PAYMENT OF 12 MONTHS' WAGES. REDUCED PAYMENTS WERE SPLCIFIED FOR YOUNGER WORKERS.
THERE WERE OTHER PROVISIONS GOVERNING RECKONABLE SERVICK AND PROVIDING FOR A GRATUITY OR PROVIDENT FUND PAYMENT TO BE SET OFF AGAINST THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT.
OPERATION IN JANUARY 1986,
WHEN THESE PROVISIONS CAME INTO THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERTOOK TO CONDUCT A REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE, MR BRIDGE SAID.
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"I AM NOW VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TO THIS COUNCIL A NUMBER OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SCHEME, WHICH HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.'
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FIRST, HE SAID, IT WAS PROPOSED TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYER RELEVANT QUALIFYING PERIOD OF SERVICE TO BECOME ENTITLED ΤΟ A LONG SERVICE PAYMENT IF HE RESIGNED ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WAS MEDICALLY UNFIT FOR HIS JOB AND WAS LIKELY TO REMAIN PERMANENTLY UNFIT FOR IT.
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