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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989
(TUESDAY) THE STANDING EXISTING GOVERNMENT SUFFICIENT TO ATTRACT WITH AN
SAID TODAY SPOKESMAN A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED A CONTINUATION OF THE POLICY THAT CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES SHOULD BE AND RETAIN STAFF OF A SUITABLE CALIBRE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC EFFICIENT SERVICE AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE REGARDED CIVIL SERVANTS AND BY THE PUBLIC WHICH THEY SERVE.
AS FAIR BOTH BY
THAT THE "IN ADDITION, THE STANDING COMMISSION IS OF THE VIEW PERFORMANCE TO THEIR
MEET THE TO BETTER STAFF NEED TO MOTIVATE
THE PUBLIC IS JUST AS INCREASING CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS FROM
* HE SAID. IMPORTANT AS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING THEM.
THE STANDING COMMISSION'S REAFFIRMATION
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATION ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY POLICY SUBJECT TO A OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT IN JUDGING FAIRNESS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
BROAD COMPARABILITY WITH
CIVIL
USE THE AGREED PRINCIPLES AND THE STANDING COMMISSION WILL PRACTICES IN THEIR REVIEW OF THE SALARY STRUCTURE OF INDIVIDUAL SERVICE GRADES.
"THIS
INVOLVE WILL
A DETAILED
EXAMINATION
STRUCTURE OF SOME 340 INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVICE GRADES,
FIRST
OF THE SALARY
H
HE SAID.
A RECOMMENDATION FOR 10 PER CENT OF (ENTRY) RANK OF THE GRADE REFERRED ΤΟ THE STANDING
THEIR
AND RECRUITMENT
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ALSO ACCEPTED THE PAYMENT OF A TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE, EQUIVALENT TO THE STARTING SALARY POINT OF THE CONCERNED, FOR THE FIVE GRADES WHICH WERE
THE
OF LIGHT COMMISSION FOR EXAMINATION IN RETENTION PROBLEMS,
BE
THE STANDING
MAKE TO ISOLATION OF SUCH
"THIS TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE IS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE
IT
NOT
APPROPRIATE WOULD THAT CONSIDERS COMMISSION PERMANENT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PAY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL GRADE IN
THE
EFFECTS CONSEQUENTIAL FROM OTHER ALLIED GRADES BEFORE ADJUSTMENTS ON THEM COULD BE ESTABLISHED.
WILL CEASE SCALES
"THE TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE IS AN INTERIM MEASURE AND
OF ANY NEW PAY
THAT TO BE PAID FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION
IS TO SAY THE ALLOWANCE MIGHT ARISE FROM THE OVERALL REVIEW. THAT
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. WILL BE SUBSUMED IN THE NEW PAY SCALES.
IF APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. PAYABLE WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1. 1989.
THE
ALLOWANCE WILL BE
THE RANKS WHICH WOULD RECEIVE THE TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE ARE:
ANALYST/PROGRAMMER I AND LI
EXECUTIVE OFFICER II
ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK OFFICER
/- SENIOR MEDICAL