CO129-602-2 General orders relating to government quarters and rent allowance 6-1-1948 - 29-6-1949 — Page 51

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6.

(b) Officers who work on a system of regular shifts provided

that the number of hours worked in one week does not

exceed 48 hours or the appropriate minimum for any week in which ‹. public holiday occurs. Provided that

officers who are required by the nature of their duties

to work regular shifts 7 days a week without any day off

may be granted an overtime allowance for hours worked on

Sundays or public holidays, even though they may not have completed 48 hours in any one weck.

(c) Officers who are compensated by corresponding time off for

working in cxcess of 40 hours or the appropriate minimum

in any one week.

The hourly rate of overtime allowance is 1/100th part of an officer's

monthly basic salary, subject to a maximum hourly rate of $6.00.

Fractions

of an hour may be aggregated over the normal week but no overtime allowance is

payable in respect of fractions under the half hour and the full hourly rate

shall be payable for fractions over the half hour.

7.

No adjustment of overtime allowance will be made in respect of any overtime worked during 1947.

8.

It should be noted that staff who qualify for overtime allowance under the new regulations but who are at present excluded by virtue of receiving

Chinese New Year bonus are no longer procluded from being paid overtime

allowance.

9. Secretariat Administrative Circular No. 2 of 9th January, 1948, is

cancelled.

To

Heads of Departments.

By Command,

D.M. MacDOUGALL,

Colonial Secretary.

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