WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21. 1989
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FC APPROVES CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENTS
(WEDNESDAY)
APPROVED THE 1989
DIRECTORATE
AND
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR BOTH NON-DIRECTORATE LEVELS WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1. 1989.
FOR NON-DIRECTORATE STAFF. ABOUT 13.43 PER CENT WAS APPROVED FOR THE UPPER PAY BAND. FOR MAGISTRATES BELOW THE TOP POINT OF THEIR SALARY SCALE AND FOR LAY MAGISTRATES. FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER BANDS, IT WOULD BE 14.81 PER CENT.
FOR DIRECTORATE AND EQUIVALENT RANKS IN THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS ON DIRECTORATE EQUIVALENT SALARIES, AN ADJUSTMENT OF ABOUT 14.5 PER CENT WAS APPROVED,
FOR THE THREE NON-DIRECTORATE PAY BANDS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE TOLD THE PAY TREND SURVEY INDICATORS HAD FOR THE FIRST TIME INCLUDED INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO MERIT AND IN-SCALE INCREMENTS AS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THE INDICATORS CALCULATED BY THIS NEW METHOD HAD BEEN
DISCOUNTED BY THE PAYROLL COST OF CIVIL SERVICE INCREMENTS.
THE
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ALSO APPROVED SIMILAR ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY SCALES AND RATES OF PAY OF ORGANISATIONS. INCLUDING DEFICIENCY SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE NORMALLY ADJUSTED IN LINE WITH CIVIL SERVICE PAY.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT SUPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF ABOUT $3,837 MILLION WOULD BE REQUIRED IN 1989-90.
THEY ALSO NOTED THAT SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF ABOUT $110 MILLION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. ON APPLICATION. ΤΟ DISCRETIONARY SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS IN 1989-90.
SEPARATE ICAC SALARY SCALE TO BE CREATED
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT SUBJECT то THE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE PAY OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH THE NEW POLICE PAY SCALE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS IS TO BE ACHIEVED BY THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE ICAC SALARY SCALE.
/ICAC GRADES
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