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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990

FIRST GROUP OF 126 APPLIED THE AGREED

STRUCTURE RECRUITMENT AND

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN REVIEWING THE INDIVIDUAL GRADES, THE STANDING COMMISSION HAD PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THE PAY INDIVIDUAL GRADES, AND HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT RETENTION PROBLEMS FACED BY A NUMBER OF GRADES,

"THIS GROUP INCLUDES THE FIVE GRADES TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE. PAYMENT OF THE ALLOWANCE PERMANENT CHANGES то THEIR SALARY STRUCTURE REPORT ARE IMPLEMENTED,

HE SAID.

OF

WHICH ARE RECEIVING WILL CEASE WHEN THE RECOMMENDED IN THIS

HAS PROPOSED A IN THE LIGHT WELL AS SOME CIVIL

"APART FROM THIS, THE STANDING COMMISSION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE PAY SCALE OF TRAINING RANKS OF THE RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES FACING THESE RANKS, AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAY SCALES OF SENIOR NON-DIRECTORATE SERVANTS.

"THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL GRADES RANKS, IF APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WILL BE SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND TRAINING IMPLEMENTED AS

THE SPOKESMAN SAID OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY COMMISSION INCLUDED TRANSFERRING THE SENIOR ARTISAN GRADES FROM THE MODEL SCALE I TO THE MASTER PAY SCALE.

"THE STANDING COMMISSION HAS ALSO PROPOSED LEAVE-EARNING RATES OF THESE GRADES AND OF WORKMEN I WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF SERVICE," HE SAID.

"IN ADDITION, IT HAS PROPOSED INCREASING THE USED TO SET THE STARTING PAY OF ENTRY RANKS OF A GRADES ON THE MASTER PAY SCALE AND THE MODEL SCALE I.

THE STANDING AND ARTISAN

IMPROVING THE AND WORKMEN ΙΙ

PAY

NUMBER

BENCHMARKS OF JUNIOR

"THIS HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE RESULTS OF A PRIVATE-SECTOR PAY CONDUCTED BY THE PAY SURVEY AND RESEARCH UNIT

YEAR.

HAS

SUGGESTED

SURVEY ON LAST

THAT

THE BE

INDIVIDUAL

"THE STANDING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE MODEL SCALE 1 AND THE PAY BENCHMARKS IMPLEMENTED AFTER IT HAS COMPLETED REVIEWING ALL GRADES.

THE 342

COMMISSION

THE

"DURING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE REVIEW, THE STANDING WILL CONSIDER HOW THE REVISED PAY BENCHMARKS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO PAY SCALES OF THE INDIVIDUAL GRADES AFFECTED, AS WELL AS OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE SENIOR ARTISAN AND ARTISAN

THE DETAILS

THE MASTER PAY SCALE.

GRADES ΤΟ

LOSE OUT OF THE

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD NOT AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING OF THE REVIEW OF THEIR GRADE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE ANY PERMANENT CHANGES TO EXISTING PAY SCALES ARISING FROM THE REVIEW WOULD TAKE EFFECT FROM THE COMMON DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 1989.

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