The following are the references extant between 1975 and 1981 for
Sea Org payroll, "hazard pay" and bonuses.
In 1975, the issue in force regarding SO pay and bonuses was Flag
Order 3075. It set basic pay for a full-time Sea Org member at
$10.00 per week. Base pay for new recruits on the Estates Project
Force ("EPF") and those in the Rehabilitation Project Force ("RPF")
was $5.00 per week.
As a staff member on a finance post, I was also entitled to receive
"hazard pay" in the amount of $3.42 each week, in addition to "base
pay" (sometimes called an "allowance"). "Hazard pay" was authorized
by Flag Order 1367 dated 22 September 1968 and written by Commodore's
Staff Aide for Division 7, Irene Dunleavy for L. Ron Hubbard. The
reason for accounts personnel being authorized to receive "hazard
pay" was that they are personally responsible for any discrepancies
(shortages) during the handling of monies.
At the time I was put onto a finance post at ASHO Day in late 1975,
"hazard pay" was not being given to Treasury personnel, even though
Irene (the person who wrote the issue in 1968) was the Commanding
Officer at ASHO. By 1975 Irene had divorced Tony Dunleavy and had
been married to and separated from Bill Howey (at that time the
franchise holder of the San Antonio, Texas Mission). She was soon
after to divorce Bill and marry Jack Dirmann, the HCO Area Secretary
("HCO Area Sec", or "HAS") for ASHO Day.
I had been over at Publications Organization US on Temple Street
looking through the Mimeo Files Section for the necessary issues to
compile my "full hat" for my post when I discovered Flag Order 1367.
At the time I was surprised that "hazard pay" wasn't already being
given to eligible staff. My senior, Jim Chapman, as well as my
fellow Treasury Division friends, David Pyatt and John Bostrom were
very pleasantly surprised to learn that Flag Order 1367 existed, for
it meant they would begin (in theory, at least) to receive a bit more
pay each week.
By week ending March 5, 1976 I was due to receive "hazard pay" each
week. Prior to that week ending I had only been eligible to receive
a maximum of $10.00 per week. Beginning March 5th my pay was $13.42
-- in theory at least. I say this since the full amount due to
staff was rarely given to us. Note for example my pay cuts between
April 16, 1976 and September 3, 1976. During the weeks we received
a cut in pay, I received $6.71, which was 1/2 of the $13.42 I was due
and promised.
One other issue in force at that time authorized bonuses to selected
staff members. The issue was Aides Order 44-39R, which is an LRH
program specifically written for ASHO Day. This Aides Order was
in force, off and on, at ASHO during the years 1976 - 1981. The
issue had targets (orders) on it for the LRH Communicator to comply
to. One of the targets authorized the LRH Communicator to award a
$5.00 bonus each week to each of the ten most "upstat" staff members.
I was a recipient of an "upstat" bonus at least 60 times between June
25, 1976 and July 17, 1981 (a period of five years), and this bonus
was not even given out for a two year time period in between (from
the fall of 1978 and the fall of 1980). So really, of the 159 weeks
the ten most "upstat" staff were given a $5.00 bonus, I was amongst
the ten most "upstat" staff no less than sixty times! This was no
small feat considering that ASHO Day had slightly more than 100 staff
most of the time. The notation '[*]' indicates weeks that I earned an
"upstat" bonus on a week on which pay was cut. There are 21 such weeks.
On September 16, 1976, LRH ED 284 "The Solution To Inflation" was
issued by Hubbard. This LRH ED is known in Scientology as the "price
increase" issue. It announced that prices "for all services, books,
meters, courses and processing" would increase 5% each month (10% in
the United Kingdom), at midnight on the last day of the month, beginning
on October 31, 1976. The stated reason for the price increases was
"so that our [Scientology] staffs can live, so that we can take better
care of our buildings and so that we can give better service." For
awhile staff did receive more pay. There were fewer pay cuts in 1977
than there were in 1976. But notice the dramatic increase in the number
of times and in the amounts pay was cut from 1978 and forward.
On October 20, 1976, Flag Order 3075-2 "Sea Org Members Basic Allowance"
was issued. It authorized an increase in Sea Org members' base pay.
The issue set base pay for staff on full time duty at $17.20 per week.
As before under the earlier issue, "EPFers", "RPFers" and those on
full time training (for example, staff in the Technical Training
Corps, or "TTC") were to receive 1/2 pay.
On September 13, 1978 Flag Order 3075RB "Sea Organization Bonus System"
was issued. Base pay was still $17.20 per week, but changes in the bonus
system were effected. Also, "hazard pay" was increased to $5.75 per week.
On March 19, 1980, Flag Order 3766R "Sea Organization Basic Allowance
and Bonus System" was issued. It applied to _all_ Sea Org organizations
except Flag. The issue cancelled all earlier Sea Org pay and bonus systems.
Base pay was now being referred to as "Sea Org basic allowance" rather
than "base pay".
There were many weeks we recieved pay cuts. From Jan 2, 1976 through Dec-
ember 3, 1981 (a period of 308 weeks), pay was cut _148_ of those weeks.
Some weeks *some* pay was given; many weeks *no* pay whatsoever was given.
Note that from July 17 through December 3, 1981 (a 21 week period) there
were 17 weeks that ASHO staff received no pay whatsoever! During these 21
weeks I received a total of 29.25.
Here is an itemization of back pay due me for the years 1976 through December
3, 1981, with a weekly detail of the amounts due. The dates given are for
the Friday immediately following the week ending on Thrusday at 2 PM. When
pay is given, it is paid on a Friday following the week just ended at 2 PM
Thursday. In Scientology, the week ends at 2 PM local time for purposes of
"stats" and financial planning. An amount in angle brackets, e.g., <5.75>
for week-ending May 26, 1978 indicates an amount of back pay that was given
to staff.
1976
====
Jan 09 - 2.50
Jan 23 - 2.50
Feb 06 - 3.68
Mar 05 - 4.42
Mar 26 - 5.92
Apr 02 - 8.42
Apr 16 - 6.71
Apr 23 - 6.71
May 22 - 6.71
May 29 - 6.71
Jun 04 - 6.71
Jun 25 - 6.71 [*]
Jul 16 - 6.71
Aug 06 - 6.71 [*]
Sep 03 - 6.71
Dec 10 - 6.28 [*]
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Total - 94.11
1977
====
Jan 07 - 13.97
Jan 14 - 15.95
Feb 11 - 4.27 [*]
Feb 18 - 6.03 [*]
Mar 11 - 3.78
Nov 18 - 12.63 [*]
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Total - 56.63
1978
====
Jan 27 - 4.95 [*]
Mar 17 - 2.30 [*]
Mar 24 - 5.27
Apr 14 - 17.20 [*]
Apr 21 - 17.20 [*]
May 19 - 5.75
May 26 - <5.75>
Jun 09 - 3.40
Jun 23 - 11.93
Jun 30 - 8.61
Jul 07 - 6.89 [*]
Jul 14 - 6.20
Aug 18 - 22.95
Sep 08 - 1.20
Sep 15 - 17.95
Sep 22 - 17.95
Sep 29 - 16.95
Oct 13 - 20.70
Oct 20 - 20.95
Oct 27 - <2.40>
Nov 03 -<20.55>
Nov 10 - 20.15
Dec 01 - 2.14
Dec 08 - 13.15
Dec 15 - 3.98
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Total - 219.07
1979
====
Jan 05 - <2.00>
Jan 12 - 22.95
Jan 19 - 3.90
Jan 26 - 16.48
Feb 02 - <1.00>
Feb 09 - 22.95
Feb 16 - 22.95
Mar 02 -<10.00>
Mar 16 - 22.95
Mar 23 - 22.95
Mar 30 - 22.95
Apr 20 - 7.20
May 11 - 12.20
May 18 - 22.95
May 25 - 12.20
Jun 08 - 17.95
Jun 22 -<34.40>
Jun 29 - <2.00>
Oct 19 - 20.00
Oct 26 - 25.00
Nov 09 - 13.25
Nov 16 - 10.75
Nov 23 - 25.00
Dec 07 - 25.00
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Total - 315.93
1980
====
Jan 11 - 15.00
Feb 15 - 15.00
Mar 21 - 15.00
Apr 04 - 10.00
Apr 11 - 15.00
Apr 18 - 15.00
Apr 25 - 20.00
May 02 - 25.00
May 09 - 25.00
May 16 - 10.00
May 23 - 25.00
May 30 - 11.00
Jun 06 - 10.00
Jun 13 - 25.00
Jun 20 - 17.50
Jun 27 - 25.00
Jul 04 - 25.00
Jul 11 - 25.00
Jul 18 - 17.90
Jul 25 - 25.00
Aug 01 - 15.05
Aug 08 - 25.00
Aug 15 - 25.00
Aug 22 - 25.00
Aug 29 - 10.00
Sep 05 -<10.00>
Sep 12 - 10.00 [*]
Sep 19 - 10.00
Sep 26 - 10.00 [*]
Oct 03 - 10.00
Oct 10 - 23.00 [*]
Oct 17 - 10.00
Oct 24 -<40.00>
Oct 31 - 10.00
Nov 07 - 25.00
Nov 14 - 25.00
Nov 21 - 15.00
Nov 28 - 25.00 [*]
Dec 05 - 25.00
Dec 12 - 20.00
Dec 19 - 25.00
Dec 26 - 10.00
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Total - 674.45
1981
====
Jan 09 - 25.00
Jan 16 - 25.00
Jan 23 - 25.00
Jan 30 - 17.50
Feb 06 - 25.00 [*]
Feb 13 - 29.00
Feb 20 - 23.00 [*]
Feb 27 - 26.00
Mar 06 - 21.00
Mar 13 - 29.00
Mar 20 - 27.00
Mar 27 - 27.00
Apr 03 - 29.00 [*]
Apr 10 - 29.00
Apr 17 - 29.00
Apr 24 - 12.00 [*]
May 01 - 12.00
May 08 - 12.00 [*]
May 29 - 14.50
Jun 05 - 9.50
Jun 12 - 29.00
Jun 19 - 12.00
Jun 26 - 12.00
Jul 10 - 12.00
Jul 17 - 29.00 [*]
Jul 24 - 29.00
Jul 31 - 29.00
Aug 07 - 29.00
Aug 14 - 29.00
Aug 21 - 29.00
Aug 28 - 29.00
Sep 04 - 29.00
Sep 11 - 20.50
Sep 18 - 16.25
Sep 25 - 29.00
Oct 02 - 29.00
Oct 09 - 29.00
Oct 16 - 29.00
Oct 23 - 27.00
Oct 30 - 29.00
Nov 06 - 29.00
Nov 13 - 29.00
Nov 20 - 29.00
Nov 27 - 23.00
Dec 03 - 29.00
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Total- 1091.25
Summary by years 1976 through 1981
==================================
1976 - 94.11
1977 - 56.63
1978 - 219.07
1979 - 315.93
1980 - 674.45
1981 - 1091.25
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Total - 2451.44
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