Civil Servants' Salaries The award of the Industrial Court on
the long-con- tested claims of certain classes of departmental clerks in the Civil Service to an increase of salary brings to a satisfactory end a dispute which in its various phases has lasted for over sixteen years and given rise to con- siderable discontent. The claims concerning each depart- ment were heard separately. In five of the six claims the award is only 115 below the maximum claim made by the Association and 160 above the counter- claim made by the departments. Thus, where the departments counter-claimed for salary rates rising from £75 to £260 the Court's award fixes a rate rising to 020 for men and /242 10s. for women, with efficiency bars at certain points on the scale. In the case only of Home Office clerks are the counter-claims accepted. These are very considerable increases and justify the Association's pertinacity. They will apply immediately to 8,000 clerks and eventually to 17,000 more. The Association is to be congratulated both on its wisdom in accepting arbitration and on the successful outcome of its efforts.
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