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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1977

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(E) THE WHOLE STRUCTURE IN PARTICULAR THE NEED FOR MORE

SENIOR POSTS, SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW-

(F)

(G)

(H)

THE EFFECT ON MORALE OF POOR PROMOTION PROSPECTS AND THE LACK OF ATTENTION TO INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES SHOULD BE

INVESTIGATED-

THE EFFECT ON STANDARDS OF EFFICIENCY OF LOW MORALE SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED- AND

OVERALL, THE ORGANISATIONAL AND CAREER STRUCTURE IS SATISFACTORY, +PROVIDED THAT THE MANAGEMENT LOOKS CLOSELY AT ITS STAFF/MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES.+

ON PAY RATES, PROFESSOR WILLOUGHBY CONCLUDES:

(A)

THE PAY INVESTIGATION UNIT IS TRULY INDEPENDENT AND ITS METHODOLOGY IS FAIR=

(B) THE RESULTS OF THE 1977 PAY INVESTIGATION UNIT SURVEY OF

TECHNICAL WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAVE BEEN FAIRLY INTERPRETED=

(c)

(D)

(E)

EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO IMPROVE THE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS' CONFIDENCE IN THE PAY INVESTIGATION UNIT=

ALTHOUGH MANAGEMENT WAS NOT TOTALLY INFLEXIBLE IN PRESENTING THE NEW STRUCTURE TO THE STAFF, THE VERY EFFICIENCY AND SOPHISTICATION OF THE PAY INVESTIGATION UNIT LEFT THE MANAGEMENT WITH LIMITED SCOPE FOR NEGOTIATION AND FURTHER COMPROMISE-

THE PAY RATES ARE BROADLY FAIR HAVING REGARD TO GOVERNMENT'S PAY POLICY=

AND,

(F) CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SUCH SPECIAL ALLOWANCES

AS ACTING PAY IF PRESSURE OF WORK RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES BEING IMPOSED ON JUNIOR STAFF.

PROFESSOR WILLOUGHBY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO SETTING UP FORMAL CIVIL SERVICE CONCILIATION MACHINERY, WHICH MIGHT PREVENT A RESORT TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION IN THE FUTURE.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. RON BRIDGE, SAID HE WELCOMED THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY. HE ADDED: +I WILL BE LOOKING INTO WAYS OF MAKING CLEARER TO STAFF ASSOCIATIONS THE ROLE OF THE PAY INVESTIGATION UNIT, AND INTO WHETHER DIFFERING PROMOTION PROSPECTS AND ANY LACK OF ATTENTION TO INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON MORALE. I WILL ALSO BE EXAMINING CIVIL SERVICE PROCEDURES FOR SETTLING DISPUTES.+

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID HIS STAFF WOULD BE KEEPING THE NEW STRUCTURE UNDER REVIEW. HE TRUSTED THAT STAFF ASSOCIATIONS WOULD NOW ACCEPT THAT THE NEW STRUCTURE AND PAY RATES WERE FAIR AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A SPEEDY RETURN TO NORMAL WORKING.

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