Report on the Commonwealth Public Service / issued by the Commissioner

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Australia. Parliament
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Nq 328.94 AUS
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[Melbourne], Victoria : Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer for the State of Victoria, 1904-1923
Issue
1st, Jan. (1901)/Dec. (1903), PP no. 27 of 1904
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PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
TRANSFERRED RIGHTS. 12 , 13 , 14
SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES (I.E., PENSIONS), COMPENSATION, AND GRATUITIES. 14 , 15
EXAMINATIONS. 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24
NON-OFFICIAL OR CONTRACT POST OFFICES. 25
CLAUSE 19 OF ACT NO. 1721 (VICT.) AND COGNATE MATTERS. 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
EXEMPT OFFICERS. 28 , 29 , 30 , 31
ENHANCED RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES CONFERRED BY THE COMMONWEALTH ACT AS COMPARED WITH THOSE UNDER STATE LAWS. 31 , 32 , 33
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT. 33 , 34
THE MINIMUM WAGE. 34 , 35 , 36 , 37
RENT. 37 , 38
LONG SERVICE LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 38 , 39
BOARDS OF INQUIRY AND BOARDS OF APPEAL. 39 , 40
LIFE ASSURANCE. 40 , 41 , 42
APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS. 42 , 43 , 44
EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES IN THE SAME OFFICE. 44
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE. 44 , 45
“ACTING” OFFICERS. 45
OFFICERS ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE WORK. 45 , 46
NATURALIZATION. 46
HOLIDAYS. 47 , 48
FIDELITY GUARANTEES. 48 , 49
SAVINGS BANK FEES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 50
REBATE ON STAMPS SOLD.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 50
TRANSFER OF OFFICERS FROM REMOTE PARTS. 51
TRANSFERRING OFFICERS FROM STATE SERVICES. 51 , 52 , 53 , 54
RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES. 54 , 55
OVERTIME TO CUSTOMS OFFICERS. 55 , 56 , 57 , 58
CIRCUMLOCUTION. 58 , 59
CLASSIFICATION. 59
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS OF THE ACT. 59
PROMOTIONS. 59 , 60 , 61
OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS. 62 , 63
LENGTH OF SERVICE, CALCULATION OF. 63
DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. 63 , 64
THE FUTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERVICE. 64 , 65
APPENDIX A. List of the Principal Public Service Acts enacted in the several States prior to the 1ST JANUARY, 1904. 66
APPENDIX B. Statement showing the Number of Permanent Officers, Temporary Employees, and Exempt Person engaged in the Transferred Departments of each State at the date of Translation to the Common wealth, under each State designation, together with the Total Annual Salaries and Wages (to th nearest 1) payable in respect thereof. 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
APPENDIX C. OUTLINE OF STATE LEGISLATION PASSED PRIOR TO THE ist JANUARY, 1901, IN RESPECT OF SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES (I.E., PENSIONS), COMPENSATION, AND GRATUITIES GRANTABLE TO OFFICERS OF THE TRANSFERRED DEPARTMENTS. 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79
APPENDIX D. DETAILED RESULTS OF COMMONWEALTH EXAMINATIONS HELD BETWEEN 17TH JANUARY, 1903, AND 13TH FEBRUARY, 1904. 80 , 81 , 82
APPENDIX E. REPORTS FURNISHED BY THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN CONNEXION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH EXAMINATIONS, Nos. 2 AND 3, HELD ON THE 15TH, 16th, AND 17TH APRIL, 1903, FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CLERICAL AND GENERAL DIVISIONS. 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91
APPENDIX F. STATEMENT showing the Number of Officers of the CLERICAL and GENERAL Divisions in each Department who have been granted £110 per annum under the Minimum Wage provisions of Sections 21 (6) and 25 of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, together with the increased Annual Salary Liability occasioned thereby. 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98
APPENDIX G. Table showing the Periods of Permissive Long Service Leave gran table under the Law of each of the States at the date of Transfer to the Commonwealth. 99
APPENDIX H. Return for tlie year ended 31st December, 1903, of Punishments Inflicted, Offices forfeited, and Investigations made by Boards of Inquiry. 100
APPENDIX J. Statement showing specified Commonwealth Public Holidays and the Public and Bank Holidays observable as such in each State—such State Holidays being incorporated as Public Holidays in Commonwealth Offices by virtue of Section 72 of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902. 101
APPENDIX K: Statement showing the amount of Annual Recreation Leave grantable to, and the number of Public Holidays enjoyed by, officers in each State prior to transfer to the Commonwealth, together with those prescribed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902. 102
APPENDIX L. Names of Officers nominated as Candidates for the First Election of Divisional Representatives in the Commonwealth Public Service, together with particulars cf the Votes polled by each, and the Number cf Officers entitled to Vote at such Election. 103 , 104

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