XN000022-1977-03-28 — Page 10

ON

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1977

PAYMENT FOR THE ANNUAL LEAVE, THE COMMISSIONER SAID, SHOULD BE ON THE SAME RATE AS ORDINARY WAGES AND NO PAYMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN LIEU OF GRANTING SUCH ANNUAL LEAVE.

AS A TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT, HE ADDED, THERE WOULD BE A CLAUSE IN THE DRAFT BILL TO STATE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES UNDER A CONTINUOUS CONTRACT WOULD, ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR, BE DEEMED TO HAVE COMPLETED 12 MONTHS' CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT AND HENCE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANNUAL LEAVE DURING THE 12 MONTHS OF 1978.