CO129-577-8 Junior Clerical Service- petition for improvements in salaries and conditions of service 6-7-1939 - 19-12-1939 — Page 52

10.

beg respectfully to submit the following recommendations for

favourable consideration and early adoption.

11.

there

That instead of the existing nine classes,

This factor alone will go a

should be at most four classes.

long way towards removing some of the hardships mentioned above.

The reduction of the Service to four classes will automatically facilitate promotions and reduce the number of those who annually

receive no normal salary increments.

Your petitioners, after prolonged and detailed

thought on the matter, beg respectfully to submit the following

revised salary scales for favourable consideration

Class III

-:

$600 - $1775 by 2 of $60, 1 of $80, 2 of

$100, 1 of $200, 2 of $100 and 3 of

$125.

Class II

Class I

$2000

$3600

$3300 by 2 of $150 and 5 of $200.

$4700 by 3 of $200 and 2 of $250.

Higher

$5000 - $6000 by 4 of $250.

(Appendix K).

12.

That the above scales are recommended for the

following reasons

(a) The commencing salary should be at least $50 a month (roughly

15/6d a week). Though this is not a very large sum,

especially considering the type of employees who join the

Service, yet as it leads to a more equitable basis of

remuneration later on, your petitioners do not press unduly

for a higher figure. They, however, consider $50 a month

to be the barest minimum if efficiency and self-respect

are to be secured.

(b) The first appreciable increase comes after six years' service

when the annual salary is raised from $1000 to $1200 in order

to make marriage possible. This accords with the follow-

ing recommendation of the Salaries Commission 1929 (para-

graph 16) :-