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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1988

THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE

(A) THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING DISCIPLINED

(B)

(C)

SERVICES PAY SCALES BY A SEPARATE NEW POLICE PAY SCALE TO COVER THE ENTIRE RANK STRUCTURE OF THE POLICE, AND A GENERAL DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY SCALE FOR THE OTHER FOUR SERVICES, AGAIN COVERING THE ENTIRE RANK STRUCTURES;

THE ABOLITION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING EXTRANEOUS DUTIES ALLOWANCES AND HARDSHIP ALLOWANCES AND THE INCORPORATION OF THE REMAINDER INTO A NEW EXTRA DUTIES ALLOWANCE FOR THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES;

THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PRESENT DISCIPLINED SERVICES SPECIAL ALLOWANCE BY A DISCIPLINED SERVICES OVERTIME ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID AT A HIGHER RATE;

(D)

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ADVISORY BODY TO MATTERS RELATING TO THE PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES; AND

CONSIDER

ALL

(E)

THE SETTING UP OF A CONSULTATIVE

BODY TO REPRESENT ALL

THE SERVICES OTHER THAN THE POLICE WHO ARE ALREADY REPRESENTED THROUGH THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL.

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1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY AWARD READJUSTED

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY TO READJUST THE 1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY AWARD WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

INQUIRY HAS

IN ITS INTERIM REPORT, THE COMMITTEE OF RECOMMENDED THAT THE 1988 PAY ADJUSTMENT BE RECALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING REVISED PAY TREND INDICATORS:

UPPER PAY BAND MIDDLE PAY BAND

LOWER PAY BAND

+9.56 PER CENT

+9.93 PER CENT

+9.62 PER CENT

THE UPPER PAY BAND COVERS MONTHLY SALARIES $30,000, THE MIDDLE PAY BAND FROM $5,000 TO $15,999, PAY BAND NOT EXCEEDING $5,000.

FROM $16,000 10

AND THE LOWER

/THE SPOKESMAN