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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1988
THE SEMINAR PROVIDES A FORUM FOR
PARTICIPANTS TO EXCHANGE
VIEWS ON THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INSPECTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES, PRINCIPLES OF SELF-REGULATORY MOVEMENT, CONCEPT OF IN-PLANT SAFETY PROGRAMMES, OCCUPATIONAL AND HYGIENE, CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY, AND WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION.
LABOUR
SAFETY
HEALTH
LABOUR
AS PART OF THE SEMINAR, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF A BREWERY AND A CAN-MAKING FACTORY AT THE TAIPO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH SAFETY MANAGEMENT THERE.
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY TO BE ESTABLISHED TO CONSIDER THE 1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY DISPUTE HAVE BEEN AGREED BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL SIDE AND THE STAFF SIDE OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL AT A MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE AGREED TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ARE:-
COMPARABLE
"HAVING REGARD ΤΟ GOVERNMENT'S DECLARED POLICY THAT CIVIL
SERVICE PAY AND FRINGE BENEFITS SHOULD BE WITH THOSE PAID BY GOOD EMPLOYERS IN THE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
—
BROADLY PRIVATE SECTOR AND
(A) THE NEED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN STAFF OF A CALIBRE CAPABLE
OF PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT SERVICE;
(B)
THE NEED TO MAINTAIN STAFF MORALE;
(C)
DIFFERENCES IN THE PAY PACKAGE, EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES WORKING CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND PRIVATE SECTOR:
AND
THE
(D)
THE NEED FOR CIVIL SERVANTS TO SHARE IN THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY; AND
(E)
GENERAL BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS,
/THE COMMITTEE -