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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

EXCO ACCEPTS DISCIPLINED SERVICES STANDING COMMITTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS

THE

OF

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS

ALL DISCIPLINED SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE PAY FOR THE RANK-AND-FILE OF SERVICES.

SPOKESMAN SAID

THE AGRBED SHOULD BE RANK-AND-

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY), A GOVERNMENT THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE HAD RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS ON PAY FROM DISCIPLINED SERVICES BETWEEN MARCH AND JULY THIS YEAR AND HAD TO A PROPOSAL BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE SUBMISSIONS CONSIDERED IN TWO PHASES, WITH PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO THE FILE.

"THE COMMITTEE WILL SUBMIT ITS ADVICE ON THE PAY THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. RANKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR,

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FOR OFFICER

TAKEN

THE RANK-AND-FILE,

STANDING "IN REVIEWING THE PAY FOR THE

THE BENCHMARKS FOR HAS COMMITTEE

ACCOUNT OF THE RAISING OF

BELOW, THE CIVILIAN GRADES REQUIRING A FULL SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OR SPOKESMAN SAID.

It

POINTED HE

THAT OUT

TO ENSURE THAT SIMILAR LEVELS

STARTING

PAY

FOR

IN

HAD

THE

COMPETITIVE REMAINED CANDIDATES RECRUITED AT RELATION TO THE REST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE STANDING COMMITTER RECOMMENDED INCREASES IN ENTRY PAY FOR THE RANK-AND-FILE, RANGING FROM $470 TO $680, REPRESENTING A SEVEN PER CENT TO 11.8 PER CENT INCREASE.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT MOST SERVING OFFICERS IN THE ENTRY OR RANKS WOULD RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN PAY RANGING FROM $245 TO $680, FROM THREE PER CENT TO 11.5 PER CENT.

"THESE INCREASES WOULD BE BACKDATED TO OCTOBER 1, 1989, IN LINE BENCHMARKS FOR CIVILIAN THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR THE NEW GRADES, HE SAID.

WITH

+

THE PROPOSED NEW PAY SCALES FOR THE RANKS AFFECTED, OTHER THOSE IN THE POLICE, ARE AT ANNEXES A TO C.

THAN

FOR THE IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS IN ENTRY PAY

ALSO RECOMMENDED, WITH RANK-AND-FILE, THE STANDING COMMITTEE HAS EFFECT FROM A CURRENT DATE, THAT THE PAY FOR THE RANK-AND-FILE IN POLICE OR JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE FURTHER INCREASED IN TO RECOGNISE THEIR HEAVIER AND WIDER RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE ORDER

/"HAVING EVALUATED