At a meeting of the Staff Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Council held on Friday, December 23, further consideration was given to the terms of service for both foreign and Chinese staff in relation to the i creased cost of living and the fall in exchange.
The Committee recommended that the present temporary bonus of 12 per cent. of basic pay granted to "B" and "L" Class employees be increased, subject to review in three months' time, to 15 per cent. of basic pay; that the present exchange limit of 01d. on the repatriation pay of Class "A" employees be modified to provide for exchange adjustment to meet a fall in exchange not lower than 7d. to the dollar; that foreign heads of senior departments, and heads of junior departments and de-Duties to heads of senior departments Teceive exchange adjustment on the whole and two-thirds of their salaries respectively, subject to the same limit of Td; that the present temporary zest of living bonus for the Chinese staff not serving under letter of appointment be increased to an average approximating 9 per cent. on relative scales, subject to review in three months time; and that Chinese employees serving under letter of appointment receive the same cost of living bonus as "B" end "L" Class foreign. employees.
The Council has approved the Staff Committee's recommendations.
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