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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 47
DECEMBER 17, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
ME NEXT!—These elementary school youngsters are getting a demonstration on
how a blood pressure reading is taken from senior nursing student Holly Palmer. The
kids are participating in one of the tours sponsored by the Medical Center Public
Relations Office to help children get over their fears of nurses, doctors, and hospitals.
In addition to talking with a nurse, the youngsters view microscope slides, look at
X-rays, and meet a medical student who demonstrates all the equipment he carries in
that famous black bag. When they leave, the students are given a packet of information
about Duke and also an operating room mask, rubber gloves, some bandages, and a few
other items to take home with them. The students also receive an "Honorary Hospital
Helper" certificate in re'cognition of their interest in the hospital. Anyone interested
in setting up tours for younger children should call the Public Relations Office at ext.
4148. (photo by Lewis Parrish)
Some Wage Increases Authorized
With implementation of Phase II of
the national wage-price control program,
the University has now authorized
payment of certain salary adjustments.
Effective immediately, all budgeted
salary increases which were scheduled to
become effective on or after Nov. 15,
1971, will be implemented as scheduled.
Any salary adjustments which were to
have gone into effect between Aug. 15
and Nov. 14 may also be initiated for
payment immediately, but retroactive
only to Nov. 15.
The University plans to petition the
national Pay Board for permission to make
full retroactive payment in these cases,
but the outcome of the petition cannot
be predicted.
The University is considered to be in
that category which requires approval of
the Pay Board and the Price Commission
before any changes in salaries or prices
may be made after the end of this fiscal
year. The budget for fiscal 1972-73, then,
will be contingent on approval by these
agencies of any increases contemplated
by the University in wages, tuition, room
rent, etc., on or after July I, 1972.
Hospital Holiday
Policy Clarified
The following personnel notice was
sent to all Duke supervisors and posted
on bulletin boards last week to clarify the
University's policy on the observance of
the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Since there are special provisions of the
policy for certain Medical Center
bi-weekly employes who will work on
Christmas Day and/or New Year's Day,
Intercom is printing the notice.
In accordance with University policy,
the Christmas holidays will be observed
on Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec.
24.
Medical Center bi-weekly employes
scheduled to work on Saturday, Dec. 25,
will have Dec. 24 and 25 as holidays for
purposes of calculating holiday pay or'
holiday premium pay, and may or may
not be scheduled to work on Dec. 23,
which will not be considered a holiday
for such employes.
Inasmuch as New Year's Day falls on a
Saturday (Jan. I, 1972), it has been
decided to observe the ninth holiday of
1971 on Friday, Dec. 31, thereby
providing a three-day New Year's
weekend. A new holiday will be
scheduled in 1972 in lieu of New Year's
Day, 1972.
Medical Center bi-weekly employes
scheduled to work on Saturday, Jan. 1,
will have Jan. 1 as a holiday for purposes
of calculating holiday pay or holiday
premium pay, and may or may not be
scheduled to work on Dec. 31, which will
not be considered a holiday for such
employes.
Employes not scheduled to work on
Saturday, Dec. 25, or Saturday, Jan. I,
will follow the normal holiday schedule
as outlined in University policy, namely
Dec. 23 and 24 for Christmas and Dec. 31
for New Year's.
To be eligible to receive holiday pay,
an employe must work his regularly
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