WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1991
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CIVIL SERVICE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (STANDING COMMISSION) IN ITS REPORT, "CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE",
THE REPORT COVERS THE SECOND OVERALL REVIEW OF THE CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE CONDUCTED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION.
IT WAS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1988, AND CONTAINED OVER RECOMMENDATIONS.
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SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ADMINISTRATION CARRIED OUT FURTHER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH STAFF ASSOCIATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS ON THE STANDING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HAVING CONSIDERED THESE COMMENTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE ACCEPTED AND IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STANDING COMMISSION RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VALUE OF EFFECTIVE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
IT FOUND THE EXISTING SYSTEM GENERALLY WORKING WELL BUT ALSO MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS.
"THE STANDING COMMISSION IS OF THE VIEW THAT THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS PROVIDED A SUITABLE FORUM FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ASSOCIATIONS AND HAS BEEN OPERATING SATISFACTORILY SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF CONSULTATION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND THAT THE CURRENT POLICY OF NOT ALLOWING FEDERAL BODIES ΤΟ JOIN CENTRAL CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS SHOULD BE UPHELD," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE STANDING COMMISSION HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A NEW CONSULTATIVE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE NON-POLICE DISCIPLINED SERVICES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.
ALREADY COUNCIL
THE SANE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND THIS LED TO THE FORMATION OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.
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