asked the Minister for the Public Service the paid leave, including annual leave, applicable to each general category of State employee, established and unestablished; and the present weekly rate of each category having additional annual leave at the appropriate point in the salary scale, in the form of a reply of 23rd November, 1971.
Written Answers. - State Employees' Leave.
72.
The following statement sets out the annual leave of full-time civil servants in the general service grades, in the most numerous grades in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and in industrial employment. The leave structure of these grades provides a general indication of the leave of other civil service grades. The leave allowances quoted are based on a 5-day working week.
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(1) General Service: |
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Cleaner (Female) |
15 days, rising to 17 days after 10 years' service |
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Cleaner (Male) |
do. |
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Messenger |
do. |
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Paperkeeper |
do. |
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Female Temporary Clerical Assistant |
15 days, rising to 18 days after 10 years' service in the grade or on passing the barrier point on the scale provided not less than 5 years' service has been given in the grade |
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Clerical Assistant |
do. |
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Male Temporary Clerk |
15 days, rising to 18 days after 5 years' service |
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Clerical Officer |
do. |
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Staff Officer |
20 days |
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Executive Officer |
18 days, rising to 20 days after 5 years' service |
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Higher Executive Officer (restricted maxima) |
23 days |
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Higher Executive Officer |
25 days |
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Administrative Officer |
20 days, rising to 25 days after 5 years' service |
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Assistant Principal |
28 days |
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Principal |
do. |
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Assistant Secretary |
30 days |
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Deputy Secretary |
do. |
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Secretary |
do. |
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(2) Posts and Telegraphs: |
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Engineering employee (e.g. Installer) |
16 days, rising to 18 days after 10 years' service |
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Postman |
do. |
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Telephonist |
16 days, rising to 19 days after 5 years' service |
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Post Office Clerk |
do. |
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(3) Industrial employees |
15 days |
Public Holidays:
Civil servants are allowed the usual Public Holidays. Some of the categories listed above, e.g. industrial employees, are governed by the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973.
Additional Holidays:
Outside the annual leave allowance, additional days as follows are allowed: To civil servants in category (1): Good Friday, one at Easter and one at Christmas.
To civil servants in category (2): Good Friday.
To those in category (3): One at Christmas. In practice, many employees do not work on Good Friday which is then taken as a day's annual leave.
Rates of Pay:
The minimum and maximum rates of pay of the grades listed above whose annual leave is on a graduated basis, by reference to service, are as follows:—
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Minimum |
Maximum |
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Cleaner (Female) |
£35.96 |
£35.96 |
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Cleaner (Male) |
£44.22 |
£46.89 |
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Messenger |
£44.95 |
£47.68 |
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Paperkeeper* |
£45.37 |
£47.98 |
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Female Temporary Clerical Assistant: |
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(a) on shorthand-typing duties |
£38.90 |
£50.25 |
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(b) on other duties |
£36.28 |
£50.25 |
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Clerical Assistant* |
£33.28 |
£46.84 |
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Male Temporary Clerk |
£37.65 |
£61.32 |
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Clerical Officer* |
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Married |
£34.61 |
£65.14 |
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Single |
£34.61 |
£61.05 |
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Executive Officer |
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Married |
£2334 |
£4849 |
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Single |
£2334 |
£4507 |
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Administrative Officer: |
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Married |
£3547 |
£5967 |
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Single |
£3547 |
£5540 |
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Post Office Installer (established) |
£51.02 |
£54.83 |
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Postman: |
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Class I |
£37.86 |
£52.12 |
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Class II |
£37.75 |
£51.86 |
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Telephonist: |
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Class I |
£36.72 |
£48.16 |
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Class II |
£36.55 |
£47.88 |
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Post Office Clerk (Male): |
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Class I |
£37.65 |
£69.09 |
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Class II |
£37.45 |
£68.55 |
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Post Office Clerk (Female): |
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Class I |
£37.65 |
£59.09 |
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Class II |
£37.45 |
£58.61 |
*These rates of pay have not yet been revised under the Interim National Pay Agreement.