CONDITIONS OF SERVICE PRESENTATION (MIN OF ENVIROMENT) & ORGANISED BY: FPSOU /FSSP DELIVERY BY : A RAMA (5 770 3627) (MIN OF ENVIROMENT) & : F K YARROO (5 754 6786) (MIN OF HEALTH & QUALITY OF LIFE) (01 APRIL 2014)

HISTORY British Administration-Establishment Secretary Independence Maritianisation Of The Service Development & Economic Independence Need To improve the service (modern, dynamic and ambitious public service) Quality Public Officers Responsive Conditions of Service

EVOLUTION OF HR CONCEPT Commodity Factor Of Production Goodwill Paternalistic Humanitarian Human Resource Emerging Concepts: HRD & Strategic HR- Audit HR- the economic value

EMPLOYER’S CONCERN Changes in economic environment, economic performance and the need for increased productivity The remuneration trends in the economy and market realities The urge and pressure for adopting performance management principles and improving service delivery in the Public Sector The need to attract, recruit, motivate and retain qualified high calibre candidates, particularly those with wide experience and scarce talents

EMPLOYER’S CONCERN (cont) The need to partially bridge the gap between the Public Sector and the Private Sector at the appropriate levels of the echelon to facilitate recruitment and retention of required talents The need to establish fair relativities to maintain harmonious employee relations The need to maintain relativities and differentials in reward commensurate with responsibilities

(founder of Sony Corporation) “There is no magic in the success of companies. The secret of their success is simply the way they treat their employees” Akio Morita (founder of Sony Corporation)

contract of employment employee provides his services CONDITIONS OF SERVICE DEFINITION: the terms and conditions governing employment of people in the Public Service contract of employment employee provides his services employer provides compensation

MAIN ELEMENTS OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE SALARY TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES (GENERAL & SPECIFIC) PASSAGE BENEFITS LEAVE END OF YEAR BONUS INCREMENTS & INCREMENTAL CREDITS HOURS OF WORK SALARY ON PROMOTION RETIREMENT BENEFITS (PENSION) FUNERAL GRANT

INSTRUMENTS REGULATING CONDITIONS Constitution PSC Regulations Official Secrets Act Pensions Act Workmen’s Act Employment Relations Act Employment Rights Act Public Officers Protection Act Public Officers Welfare Act The widow’s and Children’s Pension Act Civil Service Family Protection Scheme Board Act The Occupational Safety and Health Act HRMM PRB and other Reports Circulars

MOTIVATING CONDITIONS EMPLOYEES’ CONCERN Better working conditions through: Better remuneration package (Pay, Conditions of Service and Benefits) Career path (Promotions) Respectable treatment (elimination of discrimination) Equal pay for work of equal value (eliminating inequity) Decent working environment The erosion in the purchasing power MOTIVATING CONDITIONS

CHALLENGES FOR EMPLOYEES REFORMS APPRAISAL BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INCREASING WORKLOAD NEW SERVICES COMPLEXITY IN THE SERVICE DELIVERY PRESSURE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE WITHOUT FAIL MEDIA UPGRADING OF QUALIFICATIONS / KSA

THE WHOLE AREA OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: AREAS OF EXPLOITATION THE WHOLE AREA OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: EXAMPLES: Travelling Leave and Passage benefits Continuing Professional Development / Training (Sponsorship) Long Service Increment Performance Management System Uniforms / Equipment / Risk RESPECTIVE UNIONS SHOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO BRING FORWARD NEW IDEAS AND ANY COMPARATIVELY LESS FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

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