TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1988
GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
"THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED ΤΟ IMPLEMENT THE FINAL REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON PAY WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, AND ON ALLOWANCES WITH EFFECT FROM A CURRENT DATE I.E. FEBRUARY 1, 1989," MR GREWAL SAID.
IN ACCEPTING THE FINAL REPORT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED
THAT :
(A)
(B)
THERE SHOULD BE A SEPARATE POLICE PAY SCALE AND IN PRINCIPLE, ONE PAY GROUPING IN THE GENERAL DISCIPLINED SERVICES NOTWITHSTANDING THAT DIFFERENT GRADES ATTRACT DIFFERENT SALARIES. IN PARTICULAR THE FIREMAN AND THE AMBULANCEMAN GRADES SHOULD RETAIN PARITY. FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS, THE NEW STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WILL BE ASKED AS A FIRST TASK ΤΟ WORK OUT THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS DECISION, WHICH, IF ACCEPTED WILL BE BACKDATED TO APRIL 1, 1988; AND
OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE FINAL REPORT IDENTIFIED BY BOTH MANAGEMENT AND STAFF, IN PARTICULAR THE DRIVING, DIVING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES, WILL ALSO BE REFERRED ΤΟ THE NEW STANDING COMMITTEE AND ANY RECOMMENDATION, IF ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM A CURRENT DATE.
BY
THE GOVERNMENT,
"THE NEW STANDING COMMITTRE WILL BE CHAIRED BY MR JOHN SWAINE
AND WILL BE IN OPERATION VERY SHORTLY," MR GREWAL SAID.
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR GREWAL SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL REPORT ON NOVEMBER 21, THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, THROUGH EITHER THE IR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENTS OR THEIR STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, HAD EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS ON THE OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY OF THE PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOUND
"GIVEN THE WIDE-RANGING NATURE OF THE FINAL REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT SOME ASPECTS HAVE BEEN TO BE LESS WELCOME THAN OTHERS BY INDIVIDUAL SERVICES, HE SAID.
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"HOWEVER, IT