P. & T. CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 23 May 1916, Page 10

P. & T. CONFERENCE.

; . FURTHER RESOLUTIONS. The following further resolutions have been passed by t'lie Post and Telegraph Officers' Conference:— That conference urge that all positions falling vacant (including those of high officials)'be duly advertised in the usual W-. This conference is of the opinion that tho control of staff matters should be in the hands, of an assistant. That conference'ask tho Commissioner if the refusal of a Department to allow an officer to tako up a better position in another Department does not defeat the ends of the Public Service Act, 1912. That conference is of tho opinion that the present grading of tho Goneral Division does not do justice to or provide avenues of promotion for those officers who are prepared to qualify educationally and technically for liigher positions. . That the Commissioner bo asked to set out the position of officers as regards seniority on promotion from the General to the Clerical Division. That junior letter-carriers stationed at home be given an allowance, seeing that their duties are largely interchangeable with- carriers getting double their salaries, and-that tho salary of a junior carrier is not sufficient to support him. That in view of the duties of officers riding motor cycles, the wear and tear on their clotliingi and the strain on their nervous forces a special allowance be paid. • . . That tile' constitution of tlie Appeal Board be so altered as to allow of a Stipendiary Magistrate of wide official experience' being chairman. T,'hat this association is of the opinion that all appeals should be lieard with open doors. , That casual employees be given a status before the Appeal Board. That the time has arrived when tTie examinations for departmental and educ.v tional purposes be reviewed with a' view to bringing them more into limf with the daily working of the service. That the number'of public holidays granted to officers in the various branches should be equalised. At present some branches receive a total of 13 public holidays, while. other branches get only six. As the best means of remedying the anomaly, it is suggested that the extra seven days should ho added to the annual leave of the last-named officers. That officers requiring sick leave as a result of their official environment should |>e granted annual leave without deduction for such sick leave.