FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989
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CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTORATE REVIEW
THE 10TH REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HAS BEEN RELEASED FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE, SALARIES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE EVERY FEW YEARS. THE NINTH REVIEW WAS COMPLETED IN MID-1985.
THE REPORT OF THE 10TH REVIEW, WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1988, WAS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR THIS MONTH.
"THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT CONCERNING THE GROUPING OF DEPARTMENTS, RANKING OF INDIVIDUAL POSTS, AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, BUT HAS DEFERRED A DECISION ON PROPOSALS FOR A RE-STRUCTURING OF THE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALE," THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, SAID.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED BY GOVERNMENT INCLUDE:
(A)
UPGRADING THE TRANSPORT GROUP II:
DEPARTMENT FROM GROUP Ill TO
(B)
UPGRADING THE
GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY TO A
GROUP III DEPARTMENT;
(C)
UPGRADING THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID DL5:
FROM DL4 TO
(D)
UPGRADING THE POST OF COMMISSIONER OF BANKING FROM D4 то D5; AND
(E)
ANNUAL MEDICAL CHECK-UPS FOR DIRECTORATE OFFICERS AGED AND ABOVE.
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MR GREWAL SAID ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT, TO EXTEND THE COUNTRY COVERAGE OF THE OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCE, HAD BEEN ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE SUBJECT TO THE DETAILS AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS BEING SATISFACTORILY WORKED OUT.
THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALE AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE DIRECTORATE (LEGAL) PAY SCALE :
[A]
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TWO 3 PER CENT INCREMENTS TO BE AWARDED AFTER TWO AND FIVE YEARS' SERVICE RESPECTIVELY IN RANKS ON THE BOTTOM THREE POINTS OF THE SCALES;
(B)
ONE 3 PER CENT INCREMENT TO BE AWARDED
(C)
AFTER TWO YEARS'
SERVICE IN RANKS ON THE FOURTH POINT OF THE SCALES;
THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW POINT SO AS ΤΟ RANK HEADS OF GROUP III DEPARTMENTS ABOVE ALL DEPUTY HEADS;
(D) THE