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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

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Since our appointment as a Standing Commission in January 1979, we have made six submissions to His Excellency the Governor. Our First Report on Principles and Practices Governing Civil Service Pay (Report No. 1) was submitted in July 1979 and accepted in August 1979. Our First Report on Civil Service Pay (Report No. 2) was submitted in October 1979 and accepted in November 1979. Subsequent to these two general Reports, we have presented a Report on the Pay of Staff of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Report No. 3) and, in letters to the Governor, have tendered our advice on the 1980 Pay Trend Survey and on adjustments to the upper end of the Master Pay Scale and the Disciplined Services Pay Scale. Our advice on these other matters was also accepted by Government. Lastly, we have recently submitted a Report on Consultative Machinery in the Civil Service (Report No. 4).

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In this Report No. 5 we deal with a miscellany of items which are largely consequential upon or supplementary to our Report No. 2. These items can be grouped into three main categories :

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Issues listed in Chapter 20 of Report No. 2 for further examination, including the review of grades referred to in that Report as requiring more study.

Additional advice in clarification of our proposals in Report No. 2 and on matters arising from the implementation of those proposals.

The results of the re-examination of certain recommendations in Report No. 2 where we consider changes are warranted in the light of new information received.

Also included in this Report is our advice on the pay scales for several new grades which the Government has created since the date of our Report No. 2.

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The results of our work since October 1979 are set out in this Report. During this period we have also studied consultative machinery in the civil service, and our advice on this has already been submitted in a separate report. The texts of our letters to the Governor regarding the 1980 Pay Trend Survey and proposing adjustments to the upper end of the Master Pay Scale and the Disciplined Services Pay Scale are at Appendices X and XI.

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The publication of our Reports Nos. 1 and 2 and their subsequent implementation led to a number of queries and requests for clarification. We have dealt with these as they arose. Where we have considered that additional advice