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left to Departments concerned in consultation with the Civil Service Branch, always providing, of course, titles are not introduced which give the impression that civil servants have qualifications beyond those which they actually hold. We do believe however, that there are far too many titles and that a study should be undertaken to see to what extent their number can be reduced. Ideally, we should like to see the introduction of more general titles, as is the case with Administrative Officer, Executive Officer etc., to cover a range of posts requiring the same qualifications and the job content of which is broadly comparable.
Equal Rights
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We were asked by the representatives of a number of female civil servants to recommend the extension of the present principle of equal pay for men and women to include fringe benefits. At present there are certain benefits granted to married men which are not available to married women. We sympathise with this request, but it raises a very important issue and we have not had time to assess fully the problem and the repercussions which could result from the acceptance of total equality in the grant of fringe benefits. We therefore propose to consider this major issue in detail when we review conditions of service.
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