BANK EMPLOYEES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 264, 8 November 1945, Page 4

BANK EMPLOYEES

SHOULD BE UNDER PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER ASSOCIATION’S OPINION (P.A.) Wellington, Nov. 7. The position of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand when it is brought under Government control, was discussed at the final session of the conference of the Public Service Association when a resolution carried that the conference “disapproves of the fact that the officers employed in the Bank of New Zealand are not being brought under the control of the Public Service Commissioner and instructs the executive committee to make representations to the Government with a view to having this action reconsidered.”

The conference considered that the method adopted by the Government could only add to the confusion which exists at present with regard to salaries and working conditions in the Public Service,” states a report issued by the conference, and that it was at variance with the Prime Minister’s own statement, when opening the conference to the effect that a greater degree of uniformity in these matters was essential.

The question of sunerannuation was discussed by the conference. Satisfaction was felt at the Government’s proposal to amend the existing legislation. Hope was expressed that the amendments would remove the manv anomalies which at present prevented the Government’s superannuation scheme from fulfilling its proper function—which should be t o form the basis of a stable and contented Public Service. Among the anomalies particularly referred to bv delegates, were the inequitable £3OO limit on the retiring allowances, and the poor provision made for employees who died before they reached the retiring ago. The report added that the existing provisions contrasted unfavourably with the comparatively generous provision made for the bank employees, who were now to become public servants and whose superannuation benefits the State proposes to continue.