12th November 2012, 01:27 PM
Varying pay points within scales would also confuse things considerably? An old lag at a poor-paying unit might look 'better-paid' than a newby at a well-paying outfit? You'd need an awful lot of detail (which might affect the 'anonymity' thing)! POs and SPOs here certainly seem to get paid a variety of salaries for that reason, and there's a sliding scale of leave-entitlement depending on time served