WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
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JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER REGULAR REVIEWS
THE RELATED AND JUSTIFIED.
WHERE
CIVIL
SERVICE BRANCH UNDERTAKES REGULAR REVIEWS SERVICE-WIDE ALLOWANCES TO CONFIRM THAT THEY
THERE ARE CHANGES IN OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RENDER THE ORIGINAL JUSTIFICATIONS ALLOWANCE WILL CEASE TO BE PAID.
OF JOB- STILL
ARE
OR OTHER INVALID,
THE
DUTIES)
FOR EXAMPLE, EXTRANEOUS DUTY ALLOWANCE (SUPPLEMENTARY FOR TYPISTS OPERATING WORD PROCESSORS WAS WITHDRAWN LAST YEAR.
BECOME
"THIS WAS BECAUSE, OVER THE YEARS, WORK PROCESSORS HAD
EQUIPMENT FACILITATING TYPING DUTIES RATHER THAN STANDARD OFFICE
THE ACTING SECRETARY SKILLS TO OPERATE, REQUIRING SPECIAL CIVIL
MR SERVICE,
STUART HARBINSON, SAID IN A WRITTEN QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).
FOR THE REPLY TO A TODAY
MR HARBINSON EXPLAINED THAT JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES WERE USED TO OF THEIR COMPENSATE STAFF FOR ASPECTS OF WORK NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED RANK AND NOT REFLECTED IN THEIR PAY SCALE.
FOR JOB-
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ELIGIBILITY RELATED ALLOWANCES WERE ENDORSED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION ON SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, HE ADDED.
CIVIL
THE NATURE OF JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES AND THEIR EXISTING ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NATURE
* EXTRANEOUS DUTIES ALLOWANCE (EDA)
RATES
RATES
EDA (SUPPLEMENTARY DUTIES)
$369 (LEVEL 1) PER MONTH
$492 (LEVEL 2) PER MONTH
EDA (RESPONSIBILITY)
掌 HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE (HA)
FROM $33 PER SHIFT TO THREE INCREMENTS ABOVE THE SUBSTANTIVE SALARY
- OBNOXIOUS DUTIES ALLOWANCE
-
=
- DANGEROUS DUTIES ALLOWANCE
HA (MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS)
$445 PER MONTH
$544 PER MONTH
$6.5 PER DAY TO $544 PER MONTH
SHIFT DUTY