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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990

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FC APPROVES 1990 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY (FRIDAY) APPROVED

OF 15 PER CENT FOR SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT NON-DIRECTORATE STAFF.

ALL

BOTH

THE 1990 CIVIL DIRECTORATE AND

INCLUDING

NON-DIRECTORATE STAFF,

THEIR SALARY SCALE AND SPECIAL

THE PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MAGISTRATES BELOW THE TOP POINT OF MAGISTRATES, IS EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 1, 1990.

FOR

RANKS

IN THE OTHER OFFICERS ON

EQUIVALENT AND DIRECTORATE

OFFICERS AND

DISCIPLINED

DIRECTORATE SERVICES AND JUDICIAL

7.5 PER EQUIVALENT SALARIES, IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PHASES

REMAINING 7.5 PER CENT FROM CENT WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 AND THE OCTOBER 1, 1990.

THE NEW MASTER PAY THE PAY ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE

REPORT SCALE AND THE NEW TRAINING PAY SCALE RECOMMENDED IN THE SECOND

COMMISSION THE STANDING ON THE 1989 SALARY STRUCTURE REVIEW CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITION OF SERVICE.

TO APPLIED

BY

ON

NORMAL PRACTICE BE IN LINE WITH

BE MIGHT

AWARDED FOR

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH THE WAS FOR THE ANNUAL CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT TO THE PAY TREND INDICATORS, ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY REASONS, AS WAS THE CASE IN 1975 AND 1983.

LOWER

A PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR 1990,

PER 16.5

INCREASES

ON THE PAY TREND THE FORECAST BUDGET YEAR INTO A

CLOSELY BASED

INDICATORS, SAY,

CENT, WOULD TURN SURPLUS OF ABOUT $700 MILLION FOR THE 1990-91 FINANCIAL DEFICIT.

MAKING

IN FUTURE SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE

IT WOULD IN TURN INCREASE THE PROJECTED EXPENDITURE

BILLION A YEAR, SO $1 YEARS BY ABOUT DEFICITS ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT TO AVOID.

BE EXCESSIVE CLIMATE AND THE

A PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MORE THAN 15 PER CENT WOULD HAVING REGARD TO THE PRESENT ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY HIGH LEVEL OF INFLATION AND IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

OTHER

HAND,

PER

TREND

THE

*

WOULD TRIM 15

CENT ALTHOUGH, ON THE

ΤΟ TWO PER ADJUSTMENT FOR STAFF IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE BANDS BY UP

BY BEING FRAMEWORK WITHIN THE PAY REMAIN WOULD CENT, IT

INDICATOR FOR THE LOWER BAND GENERALLY IN LINE WITH THE PAY TREND

1990. OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THAT IS FEBRUARY 1, 1989 TO JANUARY 31,

CONSIDERABLE THUS, A PAY ADJUSTMENT OF 15 PER CENT WOULD, TO A

UP CATCH

WITH THE PAY INCREASES EXTENT, ENABLE CIVIL SERVANTS TO WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED TO PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT

SUPPLEMENTARY

MILLION WOULD BE REQUIRED IN 1990-91.

PROVISION OF ABOUT $4,993

PROVISION OF ABOUT $110 ON APPLICATION, TO DISCRETIONARY

SUPPLEMENTARY THEY ALSO NOTED THAT MILLION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE, SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS IN 1990-91.

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