THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991
5
FINAL REPORT ON 1989 SALARY STRUCTURE REVIEW ANNOUNCED
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED
THIRD AND FINAL
SALARIES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
STANDING
CONTAINED
ON
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE
IN FULL
THE
REPORT BY
CONDITIONS
THE OF
LAST
COMMISSION SERVICE ON THE 1989 SALARY STRUCTURE REVIEW, WHICH WAS COMPLETED
MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERIES SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THE REPORT WAS THE LAST OF A
REVIEW OF PRODUCED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION AS PART OF AN OVERALL
OUTSIDE THE SALARY STRUCTURE OF NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVICE GRADES THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND THE JUDICIAL SERVICE, TO TAKE ACCOUNT CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE LAST OVERALL REVIEW IN 1979.
IN
OF
SERVANTS HAD IT'S SECOND
THE SALARY STRUCTURES OF 126 GRADES OF CIVIL ALREADY BEEN DEALT WITH BY THE STANDING COMMISSION REPORT, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON APRIL 10, 1990.
"THE
OF THE THIRD
STRUCTURE REPORT DEALS WITH THE SALARY
EXAMINED AND THIS REMAINING 216 GRADES WHICH HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY
REVIEW, REPRESENTS THE FINAL STAGE OF WHAT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE MR WIGGHAM SAID.
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AT
"THE ADDITIONAL ANNUAL COST OF THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS CURRENT SALARY LEVELS IS ESTIMATED TO BE $500 MILLION. TAKEN TOGETHER
THE ARISING FROM THE
IMPROVEMENTS PAY
THE WITH
REPORT, SECOND ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SALARY BILL WILL BE ABOUT $1.5 BILLION COVERING BOTH
HE ADDED. THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THE SUBVENTED SECTOR,'
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SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF BE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, CHANGES TO EXISTING SALARY SCALES WOULD BACKDATED TO OCTOBER 1, 1989, WHICH IS THE COMMON DATE FOR HOWEVER, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
RESTRUCTURING THE CREATION OF NEW RANKS, DELETION OF EXISTING RANKS, OF EXISTING PAY SCALES AND THE PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES WOULD TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF THEIR APPROVAL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORMAL PRACTICE.
ARTISAN
THE THIRD REPORT INCLUDED DETAILS ON THE TRANSFER OF AND ARTISAN GRADES TO THE MASTER PAY SCALE.
SENIOR
то
TO SET ON THE
A NUMBER OF GRADES WOULD ALSO HAVE THEIR PAY SCALES REVISED TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE AGREED NEW QUALIFICATION BENCHMARKS USED THE STARTING PAY OF ENTRY RANKS OF A NUMBER OF JUNIOR GRADES MASTER PAY SCALE AND MODEL SCALE I,
THE NEW PAY BENCHMARKS WERE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON PRIVATE SECTOR PAY CONDUCTED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION.
"OF THE 107,000 CIVIL SERVANTS COVERED BY THE REPORT, A TOTAL
OF
PAY WILL
IMPROVEMENTS 65,000 OFFICERS
RECEIVE IMMEDIATE FIVE PER CENT OR LESS, SOME 28,000 WILL HAVE THEIR SALARIES
RECEIVE WILL BY FIVE
4,000 TO 10 PER CENT AND ABOUT AMOUNTING TO 10 PER CENT OR MORE UPON CONVERSION TO SCALES," MR WIGGHAM SAID.
OF
INCREASED RISES PAY THEIR NEW PAY
/MR WIGGHAM
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