CO129-577-8 Junior Clerical Service- petition for improvements in salaries and conditions of service 6-7-1939 - 19-12-1939 — Page 45

3.

Standard Est

actual daught

It will be seen from Appendix C that 360 men

out of a total of 719 officers drew maximum salary

Of these 360 men there

on 1st January, 1938.

were 86 who had no increase of salary for four years or more. In January 1929 the number of officers drawing maximum salary was 11% of the

total Establishment. Since then the percentage

has increased nearly five-fold as follows

:

441

19% in 1930 and 1931

(c)

? and before.

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Presumably the

are

drawing mere

month,

Than $100.

a

35% in 1932

34% in 1933

40% in 1934 and 1935

47% in 1936

51.7% in 1937

51.8% in 1938

The following figures show how the existence of eight classes (instead of the usual four or five classes) has resulted in men drawing salaries

which offer them little or no incentive beyond

that of necessity to remain in Government Service:- (i) Taking the Establishment as consisting of

719 men, there are only four persons who, after six years' service are receiving more than $100 a month, i. e. 31/3d a week (at exchange $1 = 1/3d, which exchange rate will be used throughout this Petition).

(ii) There are 209 men who have completed six

years' service and are receiving less than $100 a month (i.e. 31/3d a week).

(ii) There are 332 men with six years' service, drawing less than $150 per month or 47 shillings a week.

(iv) There are 248 men with eight years' service,

drawing less than $150 per month or 47 shill- ings a week.

(v) There is no officer with less than six years

service drawing more than $150 per month or 47 shillings a week.

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