TNAG-0695-FCO40-845-Policy-on-salaries-for-civil-service-in-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 248

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ANNEX

FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM

PAY INCREASE FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE

TO XC0177.50

Members are invited to approve:

(a)

with effect from 1st April 1977:

(i)

(b)

(ii)

(iii)

for the Master Pay Scale, MOD 1 Scale, Disciplined (Rank and File) Scales, Apprentice Scales and personal scales and pay rates, an increase of approximately 7%;

for the Directorate Scale an increase of approximately 7%;

similar adjustments to scales that are normally increased in line with increases in Civil Service pay, together with any supplementary provision which may be required under Annually Recurrent Other Charges subheads in respect of deficiency grant organisations; and

the proposal that supplementary provisions should be made available to discretionary grant organisations in accordance with the criteria outlined in paragraph 26.

Introduction

On 14th May 1977 the Staff Side of the Senior Civil Service Council submitted a pay claim for "an upward adjustment throughout the Master Pay Scale ranging from not less than 7% to 13%, tapering so as to favour the lower portion of the scale", to be effective from the 1st April 1977. A copy of the Staff Side's letter is at enclosure 1.

Policy

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The basic objective of Civil Service pay policy is that civil service pay should follow that of the private sector. This is imple- mented in two ways: by periodic overall reviews with reference to the general movement of pay in the private sector; and separately, by adjusting individual rank scales upwards or downwards in accordance with private sector rates for specific jobs. Any overall review of scales, which is the subject of this agenda item, is based on a pay trend survey conducted by the Pay Investigation Unit (PIU) of 68 companies approved by Members for this purpose. Reviews of the pay of individual ranks are initiated as necessary throughout the year.

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