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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988

PRELIMINARY REPORT BY PAY REVIEW COMMITTEE

THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE RELEASED ITS PRELIMINARY REPORT TODAY (TUESDAY).

INTRODUCING THE REPORT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, MR A.L. RENNIE, SAID ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SHOW THE COMMITTEE'S WORKING METHODS, TO REPORT ITS PROGRESS AND WORK SO FAR, AND то PRESENT THE

FACTS GATHERED BY THE COMMITTEE.

THE REPORT ALSO SUMMARISED THE

REPRESENTATIONS THE COMMITTEE HAD RECEIVED AND INDICATED THE COURSE IT WOULD FOLLOW IN ITS FUTURE WORK, HE SAID.

MR RENNIE POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE PRELIMINARY REPORT CONTAINED NO DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS STAGE, IT PRESENTED THE MAIN QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE WOULD PURSUE IN THE PREPARATION OF ITS FINAL REPORT.

"THE REPORT IS INTENDED ΤΟ OFFER INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS FOUND, AND WHAT IT NOW INTENDS TO DO," MR RENNIE SAID.

THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ON JULY 7, AND PUBLISHED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO INTERESTED PARTIES.

MR RENNIE DREW PARTICULAR ATTENTION ΤΟ CHAPTER 10 OF THE REPORT, WHICH LISTS A FEW MATTERS ON WHICH THE COMMITTEE HAS FORMBD PROVISIONAL VIEWS, AND THE MAIN QUESTIONS WHICH IT INTENDS ΤΟ IN ITS FINAL REPORT.

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ALTHOUGH THE REPORT CALLS FOR RESPONSES BY AUGUST COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THIS DEADLINE AND EXTENDED IT TO AUGUST 9.

THE FINAL REPORT, CONTAINING RECOMMENDATIONS,

BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.

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DIVIDED INTO 10 CHAPTERS, THE PRELIMINARY REPORT BEGINS WITH BRIEF GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND THE SPECIAL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ESTABLISH THEIR DISCIPLINED STATUS.

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IT ALSO GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE SERVICES PAY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND INCLUDING EARLIER REVIEWS BY DIFFERENT SALARIES COMMISSIONS AND A REVIEW OF PAY COMPARISONS BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS INCLUDING THE 1986 ΓΑΥ LEVEL SURVEY, AND INTERNATIONAL AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COMPARISONS.

OTHER CHAPTERS EXAMINE THE VARIOUS ALLOWANCES PAID TO DISCIPLINED SERVICES, THE FACTORS SUCH AS STRESS, RISK, HARDSHIP PERSONAL RESTRICTIONS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN SETTING PAY, THE ARGUMENTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAY DETERMINING MACHINERY.

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