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Standing Committee on
Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service
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Terms of reference
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Description of work
Established in February 1989, the main role of the Standing Committee on
Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service (SCDS) is to advise
and make recommendations on matters concerning the pay and conditions of
service of the disciplined services.
SCDS advises the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People's Republic of China independently after taking into
full account relevant factors and views expressed by the parties concerned.
The decision as to whether the advice should be accepted rests with Government.
SCDS's terms of reference and membership are set out below.
Terms of reference
- To advise and make recommendations to the Chief Executive of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region in respect of the disciplined services
on
| (a) |
the principles and practices governing grade, rank
and salary structures including the creation and abolition of grades
and ranks at all levels;
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| (b) |
salary levels and structure of individual grades;
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| (c) |
the evaluation of jobs for the purpose of determining
salaries and conditions of service;
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| (d) |
conditions of service and benefits other than salary
that are relevant to the determination of remuneration;
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| (e) |
assessment of levels of, and eligibility for, allowances
payable specifically to disciplined service staff;
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| (f) |
any matters affecting the disciplined services that
require to be specially considered in relation to the machinery
for the regular overall review of public service pay below the bottom
point of the directorate in the general civil service;
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| (g) |
annual pay awards for ranks and grades remunerated
at levels equivalent to or above the bottom point of the directorate
in the general civil service;
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| (h) |
creation of permanent posts in ranks and grades remunerated
at levels equivalent to or above the bottom point of the directorate
in the general civil service;
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| (i) |
consultative machinery and procedures to enable management
and staff to discuss matters within SCDS's terms of reference;
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| (j) |
the need for special or regular reviews to be commissioned
or undertaken by SCDS itself, on matters within its purview; and
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| (k) |
matters referred to SCDS by the Chief Executive, or
matters which SCDS considers appropriate to its terms of reference. |
- SCDS shall not advise on the salaries and conditions of service of
the heads of the disciplined services unless specifically invited to
do so by the Chief Executive.
- SCDS shall operate through sub-committees: the Police Sub-Committee,
the General Disciplined Services Sub-Committee, the ICAC Sub-Committee
and such other sub-committees as SCDS may establish. All submissions
to SCDS shall be considered in the first instance by the sub-committees,
which shall be responsible for formulating their own recommendations
separately. SCDS shall oversee the work of the sub-committees, approve
their recommendations (amended if SCDS sees fit) and submit them to
the Chief Executive.
- SCDS shall participate in the annual pay trend survey exercise through
nominating one or two members to the Pay Trend Survey Committee.
- The heads of the disciplined services may jointly or individually
refer any matters relating to the pay and conditions of service of the
disciplined services to SCDS. In addition, the Official Side and Staff
Side of the Police Force Council, the Disciplined Services Consultative
Council and the ICAC Staff Consultative Committee may jointly or individually
refer such matters to SCDS.
- SCDS shall give due weight to any wider community interest, including
financial and economic considerations, which in its view are relevant.
- SCDS shall not consider cases of individual officers nor be involved
in appointments, promotions and discipline matters.
- SCDS shall consider in the light of experience whether any amendments
to its terms of reference are desirable and, if so, recommend appropriate
changes.
- In carrying out its terms of reference, SCDS, through its sub-committees,
shall ensure that adequate opportunities are provided for staff associations
or management to express their views. SCDS, through its sub-committees,
may also receive views from other bodies which in its view have a direct
interest.
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