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

= 1/3d.), to $50 a month (i.e. 15/6d), owing

to the rising cost of living and in particular

the increase in house rents. In paragraph 11

of their petition they recommend a new scale of

salaries based on a division of the Junior

Clerical Service into four classes (see note

attached).

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From enquiries made with the

naval and military authorities and important

commercial houses, the Governor is satisfied

that the salary scales, incremental rates,

prospects and pension facilities of the Junior

Clerical Service compare very favourably with

outside employment. The result of these

The

enquiries forms enclosure 2 to the despatch.

general tendency is for naval and military

Clerical salaries to begin at a higher initial

rate, but the Junior Clerical Service rates

soon overtake them in the middle stages; and

of course prospects and the existence of a pension

scheme are factors of tremendous importance in

favour of the Junior Clerical conditions of service

and quite offset any advantages of the naval,

military or commercial schemes in the initial

stages.