TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1988
INTERIM REPORT ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY INQUIRY
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THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY HAS SUBMITTED AN INTERIM REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
ON THE 1988
THE
THE REPORT CONTAINS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT AND THE 1987-88 PAY TREND SURVEY. REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING EXAMINED.
1988
PAY
THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH TOOK EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, BE RECALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING REVISED PAY TREND INDICATORS
UPPER PAY BAND
9.56 PER CENT
MIDDLE PAY BAND
9.93 PER CENT
LOWER PAY BAND
9.62 PER CENT
WHEREAS THE AWARD MADE BY THE
GOVERNMENT
WAS
BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING PAY TREND INDICATORS
UPPER PAY BAND
6.54 PER CENT
MIDDLE PAY BAND
7.28 PER CENT
LOWER PAY BAND
8.50 PER CENT
A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS ON SYSTEM HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE.
IMPROVING THE PAY TREND SURVEY
THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY WAS APPOINTED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STAFF SIDE ON THE 1988 PAY ADJUSTMENT IMPLEMENTED WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, AND RELATED MATTERS.
IT STARTED WORK IN OCTOBER AND HAS SINCE RECEIVED REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE OFFICIAL AND STAFF SIDES OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, OTHER STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS AND RELEVANT PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS.
1986
PAY
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY'S WORK, ON THE METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS OF THE
LEVEL SURVKY ON NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVANTS, WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
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