Reform in Statutory Pay Provisions: Hearings Before the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 2712, a Bill to Amend the Provisions of Law Relating to Longevity Step Increases for Postal Employees ...

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Considers S. 2712, to amend provisions of law relating to longevity step increases for postal employees.

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Page 149 - Agriculture shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 192 - USC 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members of county and community committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated program functions prescribed in administrative regulations...
Page 152 - ... appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out such functions. Such officers and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil-service laws and their compensation fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, except that (A) to the extent the Administrator deems such action necessary to the discharge of his responsibilities, he may appoint...
Page 165 - Adoption of the principle of comparability will assure equity for the Federal employee with his equals throughout the national economy — enable the Government to compete fairly with private firms for qualified personnel — and provide, at last, a logical and factual standard for setting Federal salaries.
Page 177 - Administration, with members in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands? and the District of Columbia. Our...
Page 100 - STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN W. MACY, JR., CHAIRMAN. US CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Mr. MACY. Thank you very much, Mr.
Page 132 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates.
Page 153 - Our next witness is Mr. Elmer B. Staats, Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Mr. Staats, before you proceed will you identify your associates?
Page 178 - Many facts and figures have been presented to the committee to justify the need of a salary increase for postal and Federal employees. The cost-of-living increase and the change in living standards have affected the maintenance employees to the same extent it has affected other postal and Federal employees. The estimated average salary of the full-time post office maintenance employee as of June 30, 1961, was $4,600 per annum. The average salary for the post office maintenance service of $4,600 per...
Page 143 - A Director of Nursing Service, who shall be a qualified registered nurse, appointed by the Administrator, and who shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of the Nursing Service. "(6) A Chief Pharmacist and a Chief Dietitian, appointed by the Administrator. "(7) Such other personnel and employees as may be authorized by this chapter...

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