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THE HOME JOURNAL
A Virgin Islands Publication |
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Wednesday and Saturday |
EARLE B. OTTLEY . . . . . . kditor
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Monday, May 5, 1952
The Pay Plan i
Municipal employees,
with very few exceptions,
aredissatisfied with ;t h e
recommendati ns that are
contained in the first draft
ofthe new pay plan prepar
ed by the Div. of Person
nel Alchough it is estima
ted that the proposed in
creases'insalarty would
cost the municipality be
tween $75,000 and SIOO,-
000, the new pay plan
would still leave t' e vast
majority of employees at!
the same shamefully low
levels. In his budget mes
sage, the Govern r empha
sized that additional re
venue would ‘be needed
next fiscal year to enable
the municipality to make
jobs more attractive to
employees, who are leav
ing in large numbers to
accept jobs with Federal
agencies and private en
terprise. Despite the pro
posed upward revision of
the plan. however, many
employees would receive
only $5 to $8 per month
more, while others w. uld
have to be satisfied with
their existing pay
Obviously, there will
never be enough money
to satisfy the demands of
every emp'oyee for what
he considers to be an ade
quate and reasonable
salary boost. It is not pos
sible for us to match, dol
lar for dollar, t he wages
paid by the Federal gov
ernment or by certain
- private enterprises. But
with SIOO,OOO, we should
be able to satisfy more
emp'oyees than we have
yet done. |
There are more contro
versies,dissatisfation and
distrast existing under
the pay plant h a n when
the legislature, acting by
whim, caprice and politi
cal consideration, juggled
municipal salaries around
at the beginning of each
fiscal year. The pay plan
which is designed to com
pensate employees on a
scientific, objective basis
hzs not yet succeed d inl
eliminating gross inequi
ties. Whether correct or
not, many employees
strongly believe t at the
rate of compensation one
gets still largely depends
upon who they are, rather
than upon what duties they
perform.
The taxpayers who are
being called upon to raise
the money which wlll be
required to pay for the in
creases in salaries do not
| ke the idea at all. If, des
pit« imp sing additional
burdens cn the taxpayers
we still leave our employ
ees disgruntled, we will
have lost all around.
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