PUBLIC SERVICE BONUS.
Sir, —Although all the superannuated Public Servants ' have received the £SO bonus, temporary employees, in many departments, at least, have so far received nothing, although such bonus was promised by Parliament. Is it fair for men with families, whoso only misfortune is to bo on the socalled temporary staff, to have their bonus delayed while single men and youths who happen'to'be on the permanent "Staff receive their "sugar" first, and who are, in the majority of cases, in less urgent need of it? It may also be remarked-that the system of dealing with tempoi-ary. employees is representative of a. peculiar brand of policy and quite inexplicable. If an officer proves his worth in six months or a year, why not place him oh the same footing as other Public Servants? Ability should, be the only consideration in an efficient Public Service. —I am, etc.,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 2
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147PUBLIC SERVICE BONUS. New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 2
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