S.L. 363.20 чл. 15Salary scales and remuneration.

(1) Full-time employees shall be employed in any one of the scales from Scale 11 to Scale 18 and the remuneration shall be according to equivalent grades in the public service:

Provided that the Director may give a concession with regard to other equivalent scales in the public service, including those in managerial grades, by means of directives in accordance with article 80 of the Act after consultation with the Association.

(2) Where the Act provides for the employment of a part-time official, the person so employed shall be entitled to pro rata remuneration in respect of the grade in which the employee has been engaged, including the weekly allowance, as well as to pro entitlement to the statutory benefits (such as vacation leave rata and sick leave), provided that the part-time employment with the Council is his only employment.

(3) The following remuneration shall be payable to full-time Council employees:

(a) Officer in Scale 11: a minimum of €11,679.48 and a maximum of €13,179.59 per annum;

(b) Officer in Scale 13: a minimum of €10,337.76 and a maximum of €11,679.48 per annum;

(c) Officer in Scale 15: a minimum of €9,145.12 and a maximum of €10,337.76 per annum;

(d) Officer in Scale 16: a minimum of €8,819.01 and a maximum of €9,722.80 per annum;

(e) Officer in Scale 18: a minimum of €7,829.02 and a maximum of €8,593.06 per annum. (This scale is not applicable to clerical employees). The rates indicated above include cost of living increase for the year 2001.

(4) The amounts indicated in sub-regulation (3) are equivalent to the remuneration payable in the mentioned salary scales in the Public Service for 2001, and every increase in these scales shall be applicable to the salaries of employees of Local Councils.

(5) (a) Any employee who is not engaged in the maximum of the salary scale shall be entitled to yearly increments in that scale, until the maximum of the scale is reached.

(b) The increment shall be divided into equal parts over a period of four years whenever the employee is engaged in the minimum of the scale.

(c) The increment is payable with effect from the first day of the month when such employment is made, and such increment shall only be given with the approval of the Council after the performance of the employee has been appraised.

(d) An increment may not be given in the case of a serious breach of discipline or for any other reason which the Council deems justifiable.

(e) On the renewal of an employment contract the employee shall remain entitled for the remaining increments until the maximum of the scale in which he is employed is reached.

(f) The renewal of the contract for any other three-year period shall be deemed effective unless there is a negative report in the performance appraisal or in any other similar report, which merits the termination of the contract. For this purpose, at least one month before the expiry of the employee’s contract of employment, the Executive Secretary shall present to the Council a report on the employee’s performance.

(6) The duties of the clerical employees in scales 15, 13 and 11 shall be equivalent to those of Clerk, Executive Officer and Assistant Principal Officer in the Public Service.