THE DIRECTOR of Statistical Services, along with the Deputy Director of National Insurance, are part of a group of senior officers who will receive the highest pay increase as a result of the recent job evaluation exercise in the Public Service.

Their posts currently fall under the S4 scale on Government's jobs and salary scales, and are proposed to receive a 19.2 per cent pay increase.

Also in this group are the technical director of the Air Traffic School, the Chief Immigration Officer and deputy permanent secretaries.

The evaluation exercise affects 3 200 jobs, with 3 000 to be upgraded and 200 downgraded.

The second highest increase is set at 18.5 per cent. This affects workers in the S9 category and includes the deputy chief immigration officer, the deputy chief probation officer, the assistant matron at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and the senior archivist at the Archives Department.

Principals of primary schools, the assistant director of the Government Analytical Service and the clinical medical officer IV will see increases of 17.8 per cent.

Workers on the S5 scale such as the Chief Information Officer and the deputy chief technical officer at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport will receive a pay increase of 16.8 per cent.

Those at the top of the Public Service will not only be the ones to benefit. People in jobs such as traxcavator operators, home helpers, nursery assistants, and children's attendants will all have their salaries enhanced.

The disciplined services too – police, fire and prisons – will benefit from the regrading exercise. From the lowest to the highest ranks all will take home more pay when Parliament legislates the exercise.

Much public debate has been generated as Government ministers' salaries will also benefit from the job evaluation exercise. This is due to the understanding in place since 1978, that they should receive a hike whenever permanent secretaries' salaries are increased.

These measure are expected to be debated in Parliament on Tuesday.