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The worldwide leader of The Salvation Army, elected by the most senior Salvation Army officers in the world Crest with laurel leaves above gold bars on burgundy epaulet Chief of the Staff: 1878 Active The second-in-command to the general appointed by the general Crest with laurel leaves above silver bars on burgundy epaulet Commissioner: 1880 ...
Hostile fire pay/imminent danger pay: Monthly pay that appears on the LES as "HFP/IDP". Sometimes referred to as "combat pay". [8] Hazardous duty pay: Monthly additional pay for certain "hazardous" duty assignments, such as the flight deck operations personnel on an aircraft carrier. Other examples are parachuting and scuba diving.
A pay scale (also known as a salary structure) is a system that determines how much an employee is to be paid as a wage or salary, based on one or more factors such as the employee's level, rank or status within the employer's organization, the length of time that the employee has been employed, and the difficulty of the specific work performed.
The pay scale was originally created with the purpose of keeping federal salaries in line with equivalent private sector jobs. Although never the intent, the GS pay scale does a good job of ensuring equal pay for equal work by reducing pay gaps between men, women, and minorities, in accordance with another, separate law, the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
A Salvation Army corps is a local church organization [1] and physical place of worship in The Salvation Army. Like the Christian term "church" a corps includes both the physical building and the body of members who attend at the building. [ 2 ]
The Salvation Army Act 1980 revoked the Foundation Deed of 1878, the Supplementary Deed of 1904, and the Variation Deed of 1930. [7] These revoked deeds originally granted the general significant power and established that the wealth and holdings of the organisation were directly controlled and managed by the leader.
An analysis of NSPS by Federal Times, a branch of the Defense News Media Group, in August 2008 found that the January 2008 issuance of performance-based pay raises and bonuses, the first large-scale payout under the new system, was filled with inequalities. The analysis found that white employees received higher average performance ratings ...
All active Commissioners are called upon to take part in The Salvation Army High Council [3] in which a new General is elected upon the pending retirement or removal of the previous General. Notably, the only time a General has been forcibly removed from office was at the first High Council in 1929 when Bramwell Booth was deposed.