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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988
"THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION PROHIBITION ON TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP RENNIE EXPLAINED.
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THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED AN "AVERAGING" APPROACH IN DETRAYING THE PROPOSED SCALES, STRIKING RATES FOR BACH RANK WHICH REFLES TEN AVERAGE EXPERIENCE IN WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS, AND SWEP EXISTING JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES IN BASIC PAY AS FAR AS POSSI
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"MOST OF THE EXISTING EXTRANEOUS DUTIES ALLOWANCES AND HARDSHIP ALLOWANCES SHOULD BE ABOLISHED AND THE REMAINDER INCORPORATED INTO A NEW EXTRA DUTIES ALLOWANCE FOR THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
"THE PRESENT DISCIPLINED SERVICES SPECIAL ALLOWANCE, WHICH IS A FORM OF OVERTIME PAY, SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A DISCIPLINED SERVICES OVERTIME ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE CURRENT ALLOWANCE," MR RENNIE SAID.
CEILINGS RELATED TO THE PAY OF THE RANK ABOVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SET ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF OVERTIME PAY ANY OFFICER COULD BARN, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED.
"THE NEW OVERTIME ALLOWANCE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ΤΟ CHIEF INSPECTORS OF POLICE, WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY INELIGIBLE FOR THE ALLOWANCE.
"THE COMMITTEE FOUND THAT CHIEF INSPECTORS WERE REGULARLY REQUIRED TO WORK OVERTIME WITH THEIR STAFF IN A WAY NOT MATCHED THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER SERVICES," MR RENNIE NOTED.
IN EXAMINING STATISTICS ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN FIVE SERVICES, THE COMMITTEE FOUND THAT THE SITUATION WAS WORST THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT,
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COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED THE SETTING UP OF AN INDEPENDENT BODY, SEPARATE FROM THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, TO CONSIDER ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE FIVE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
THE NEW BODY CALLED THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, WOULD HAVE SUB-COMMITTEE ON POLICE AND ONE ON THE OTHER FOUR SERVICES.
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MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ACADEMICS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE JUDICIARY AND THE BUSINESS SECTOR, MR RENNIE SAID.
"ON CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, THE COMMITTEE HAS SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF A NEW GENERAL DISCIPLINED SERVICES CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL TO REPRESENT ALL THE SERVICES OTHER THAN THE POLICE WITO WOULD CONTINUE TO BE REPRESENTED THROUGH THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL," MR SAID.
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