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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1989

GOVT STUDYING COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY'S FINAL REPORT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW STUDYING THE FINAL REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID THAT THE REPORT, WHICH HAD BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, CONTAINED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PAY TREND SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND THE 1986 PAY LEVEL SURVEY OF THE NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVICE.

"THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL'S ADVICE ON THEM WILL BE SOUGHT IN DUE COURSE," HE SAID.

THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY WAS APPOINTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR TO CONSIDER THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS STAFF ON THE 1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT AND RELATED MATTERS. ITS INTERIM REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER.

MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, DATA COLLECTION FOR THE 1989

PAY TREND SURVEY WAS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.

"THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM IS TO REACH A DECISION ON THE CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT IN TIME FOR PAYMENT TO BE MADE AT THE END OF JUNE," HE SAID,

"THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE APRIL 1, 1989.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY

THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO THE 1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT AND RELATED MATTERS, IN ITS FINAL REPORT RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY), HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE 1986 PAY LEVEL SURVEY DO NOT PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT BASIS FOR MAKING SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS TO CIVIL SERVICE PAY EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

COMMITTEE STARTED WORK WHICH DEALT WITH THE TO THE

THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY WAS APPOINTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR BY THE GOVERNOR TO INQUIRE INTO A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE STAFF SIDE AND OFFICIAL SIDE OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL OVER CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE PAY SYSTEM. THE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND AN INTERIM REPORT, ISSUE OF THE 1988 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT, WAS SUBMITTED GOVERNOR IN NOVEMBER 1988. THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE ONE FOR AN UPWARD ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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