THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

NINETY-EIGHTH REPORT

OF THE

SALARIES REVIEW COMMISSION

OF

THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

GENERAL REVIEW OF SALARIES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF OFFICES WITHIN

THE PURVIEW OF THE SALARIES REVIEW COMMISSION

November 2013

Ninety-Eighth Report of the

Salaries Review Commission of

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

GENERAL REVIEW OF SALARIES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF OFFICES WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE SALARIES REVIEW

COMMISSION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Considerations Underlying the Current Review

CHAPTER 3 Benefits

PART I

CHAPTER 4 The President of the Republic

CHAPTER 5 The Higher Judiciary

CHAPTER 6 Ombudsman

CHAPTER 7 Auditor General

CHAPTER 8 The Industrial Court

CHAPTER 9 The Tax Appeal Board

CHAPTER 10 The Environmental Commission

CHAPTER 11 Police Complaints Authority

CHAPTER 12 The Equal Opportunity Commission

CHAPTER 13 Top Managers in the Public Service

CHAPTER 14 Top Managers in Statutory Bodies

CHAPTER 15 Senior Officers in the Protective Services and the Defence Force

CHAPTER 16 Senior Diplomatic Representatives

PARAGRAPH PAGE

1

1

12

4

28

8

55

15

57

17

66

24

71

27

73

30

82

38

90

43

97

51

101

55

105

58

111

73

128

83

136

111

CHAPTER 17 Chairmen and Members of Commissions and Boards

CHAPTER 18 The Judicial and Legal Service

PART II

CHAPTER 19 Members of Parliament

CHAPTER 20 The Tobago House of Assembly

CHAPTER 21 Local Government Officials

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 22 Concluding Notes and Recommended Effective Dates of Implementation

PARAGRAPH PAGE

145

122

182

154

196

197

224

225

234

241

238

247

Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III

APPENDICES

List of offices within the purview of the Salaries Review Commission

Reports prepared by the Salaries review Commission following the publication of the Eighty-Ninth Report of the Commission (June, 2009)

Existing and recommended salaries of offices within the purview of the Salaries Review Commission

NINETY-EIGHTH REPORT OF THE SALARIES REVIEW COMMISSION

General Review of Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of offices within the purview of the Salaries Review Commission

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

The Salaries Review Commission is established in accordance with Section 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Commission consists of a Chairman and four (4) members, who are appointed by the President after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.

2. Section 141(1) of the Constitution provides for the Commission to review from time to time, with the approval of the President, the salaries and other terms and conditions of service of the offices falling within its purview.

3. The size of the remit group, which ranges from the office of President of the Republic to the most junior position in the Judicial and Legal Service, has continued to increase and some three hundred (300) categories of offices, representing an establishment of approximately nine hundred (900) persons, now are within our purview. The offices fall under the following groupings:-

Part I The President of the Republic The Higher Judiciary The Ombudsman The Auditor General The Industrial Court The Tax Appeal Board The Environmental Commission The Police Complaints Authority The Equal Opportunity Tribunal Top Managers in the Public Service Top Managers in Statutory Bodies Senior Officers in the Protective

Services and the Defence Force Senior Diplomatic Representatives Chairmen and Members of

Commissions and Boards The Judicial and Legal Service

Part II Members of Parliament The Tobago House of Assembly Local Government Officials

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4. The following new positions were recently brought within our purview:-

Lay-assessor, Equal Opportunity Tribunal Director, Electronic Monitoring Deputy Director, Electronic Monitoring

5. A full listing of the groupings and the offices thereunder is set out in Appendix I.

6. Remuneration arrangements have been recommended for the office of Lay-assessor since the remit to review the salary and other terms and conditions of the office was received prior to the Commission undertaking this general review. The remit for the offices of Director and Deputy Director, Electronic Monitoring, having been received recently, has not been considered in the current review. The review of the salary and other terms and conditions of these offices will be undertaken on completion of this exercise.

Background to the current general review

7. This Report is the eighth comprehensive review of salaries and terms and conditions of service of offices within our purview. The last such review was undertaken in 2008 and recommendations thereon, contained in our Eighty-ninth Report, were submitted in June 2009.

8. Subsequent to the submission of that Report, we completed eight reports, the majority of which covered salaries and terms and conditions of service of new offices placed within the purview of the Commission. A listing of these Reports is set out in Appendix II.

9. The undertaking of the general review in 2012 is in keeping with the policy that such general reviews should take place in a three-year cycle so as to ensure that compensation for offices within our purview is kept relatively current.

Scope of the Review

10. By letter dated February 3, 2012, the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago conveyed his approval for the Salaries Review Commission to undertake a general review of the salaries and other conditions of service of holders of offices within its purview. As is customary, the review was undertaken in two parts: one part pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of the Tobago House of Assembly and Local Government Officials and the other part to all other office holders within the purview of the Commission.

11. As in previous general reviews, we invited written submissions in respect of all offices for the review of salaries and other terms and conditions of service.

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