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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989

(TUESDAY) THE STANDING EXISTING GOVERNMENT SUFFICIENT TO ATTRACT WITH AN

SAID TODAY SPOKESMAN A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED A CONTINUATION OF THE POLICY THAT CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES SHOULD BE AND RETAIN STAFF OF A SUITABLE CALIBRE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC EFFICIENT SERVICE AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE REGARDED CIVIL SERVANTS AND BY THE PUBLIC WHICH THEY SERVE.

AS FAIR BOTH BY

THAT THE "IN ADDITION, THE STANDING COMMISSION IS OF THE VIEW PERFORMANCE TO THEIR

MEET THE TO BETTER STAFF NEED TO MOTIVATE

THE PUBLIC IS JUST AS INCREASING CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS FROM

* HE SAID. IMPORTANT AS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING THEM.

THE STANDING COMMISSION'S REAFFIRMATION

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATION ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY POLICY SUBJECT TO A OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT IN JUDGING FAIRNESS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

BROAD COMPARABILITY WITH

CIVIL

USE THE AGREED PRINCIPLES AND THE STANDING COMMISSION WILL PRACTICES IN THEIR REVIEW OF THE SALARY STRUCTURE OF INDIVIDUAL SERVICE GRADES.

"THIS

INVOLVE WILL

A DETAILED

EXAMINATION

STRUCTURE OF SOME 340 INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVICE GRADES,

FIRST

OF THE SALARY

H

HE SAID.

A RECOMMENDATION FOR 10 PER CENT OF (ENTRY) RANK OF THE GRADE REFERRED ΤΟ THE STANDING

THEIR

AND RECRUITMENT

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ALSO ACCEPTED THE PAYMENT OF A TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE, EQUIVALENT TO THE STARTING SALARY POINT OF THE CONCERNED, FOR THE FIVE GRADES WHICH WERE

THE

OF LIGHT COMMISSION FOR EXAMINATION IN RETENTION PROBLEMS,

BE

THE STANDING

MAKE TO ISOLATION OF SUCH

"THIS TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE IS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE

IT

NOT

APPROPRIATE WOULD THAT CONSIDERS COMMISSION PERMANENT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PAY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL GRADE IN

THE

EFFECTS CONSEQUENTIAL FROM OTHER ALLIED GRADES BEFORE ADJUSTMENTS ON THEM COULD BE ESTABLISHED.

WILL CEASE SCALES

"THE TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE IS AN INTERIM MEASURE AND

OF ANY NEW PAY

THAT TO BE PAID FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION

IS TO SAY THE ALLOWANCE MIGHT ARISE FROM THE OVERALL REVIEW. THAT

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. WILL BE SUBSUMED IN THE NEW PAY SCALES.

IF APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. PAYABLE WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1. 1989.

THE

ALLOWANCE WILL BE

THE RANKS WHICH WOULD RECEIVE THE TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE ARE:

ANALYST/PROGRAMMER I AND LI

EXECUTIVE OFFICER II

ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK OFFICER

/- SENIOR MEDICAL