Employers and the government need to invest properly in the local government and school workforce to ensure the important services on which everyone relies are fit for the future.. 27 Jul 2021. Part 3 Paragraph 2.6(e) Sleeping-in Duty Payment: RATES OF PROTECTED ALLOWANCES AT 1 APRIL 2021, (FORMER APT&C AGREEMENT (PURPLE BOOK)) After consulting their members over the last two months, the unions met today and agreed to accept the offer from the employer, the Local Government Association (LGA). I wrote to you again on 19 May with details of the regional pay briefings that were scheduled to take place in June, to discuss the unions 2022 pay claim. London NW1 2AY Even if we were to do just the bare minimum required to simply remain compliant with NLW legislation and allowing for forecasts to jump again beyond the LPCs latest projections, but nothing else (in terms of a normal pay award), we would need to do the following: A bottom rate of 10.50 in 2022 would require deleting SCPs 1-5 By continuing to use our website you are consenting to their use. As mentioned above, retrospectively deleting pay points is probably not an option in 2022; doing so could only be considered in the later part of a multi-year deal, should that be achievable. The offer has been rejected by Unite, who said it . MPs who have jobs as ministers get paid additional salaries - including the prime minister, who is entitled to an extra 79,286 this financial year. However, the employers said they would go no higher. With effect from 1 April 2023, an increase of one day to all employees annual leave entitlement. 1 0 obj 29 November 2022 Town hall chiefs have reluctantly accepted a 1,925 pay increase for 2022 - a lower percentage increase than most staff. Terms and conditions. The three local government unions, representing 1.4 million council and school employees, today (Monday) have submitted a pay claim for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to receive a pay boost of at least 2,000 each. To: Chief Executives in England, Wales and N Ireland National Local Government (NJC) employers have now made their pay offer for 2023/24. But their pay is set by an independent body, which says it should be in line with other public sector workers. It will be backdated to 1 April 2022 and averages out to around 7% across the pay spine with the flat rate seeing those at the bottom of the spine (the lowest paid) receive a 10.5% increase with those at the top, just over 4%. When, back in July, the recently agreed national pay deal for local government services was tabled as a final offer to the unions, some councils expressed surprise at its structure. The National Employers are taking the step of writing to the Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to outline the degree of pressure on this pay offer that has come from the projected increases in the National Living Wage and the impact this will have on local authorities seeking to balance their budgets. For the lowest paid (currently earning 20,441 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 9.42 per cent this year; meaning their pay will have increased by 4,033 (22.0 per cent) over the two years since April 2021. The decision means the pay for a secretary of state will be 4,168 less than they are statutorily entitled to. UNISON is demanding fair pay for council and school workers, UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY. Members accept highest pay award offered to local government staff in over a decade. Plus, of course, a pay deal that included retrospectively deleting pay points would be unlikely to be welcomed by councils because of the, potentially significant, impact on local grading structures. More than 80 per cent of Unite's 70,000 members, who voted in nearly 400 separate ballots, were . City and Guilds Science Laboratory Technicians Certificate Allowance: City and Guilds Laboratory Technicians Advanced Certificate Allowance: Paragraph 32 London Weighting and Fringe Area Allowances Per Annum, Paragraph 35 Standby Duty Allowance - Social Workers (1)(a)(i) Allowance - Per Session, FORMER MANUAL WORKER AGREEMENT (WHITE BOOK), Section 1 Paragraph 3 London and Fringe Area Allowances Per Annum, Local Government Association company number 11177145, Local government services pay agreement 2021-2022, Membership and services for councils and councillors, LGA principal advisers and regional teams, Licences, regulations and trading standards. Doctors and dentists in England would get 3.5% in 2023-24. Backpay for employees who have left employment since 1 April 2022: If requested by an ex-employee to do so, the NJC recommend that employers should pay any monies due to that employee from 1 April 2022 to the employees last day of employment. endobj Consideration of a flat rate increase to hourly rates of pay in order to bring the minimum rate up to 15 per hour within two years. Find out more about cookies and how we use them. By continuing to use our website you are consenting to their use. with effect from 1 April 2023, the deletion of pay point 1 from the NJC pay spine. It agrees an annual uplift to the national pay spine, on which each individual council decides where to place its employees. Naomi CookeAddress for correspondence UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY. This year, without a significant increase in pay, workers will leave their jobs for higher paid jobs in other sectors. Unions call for inflation-busting pay rise for local government and school staff, Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2021. UNISON, GMB and Unitesay only a significant rise will help protect services and enable staff to weather the growing cost of living pressures following a decade of local authority cuts and pay restraint. The GMB pay ballot covering all workers across local government, school & academies that follow National Joint Council (NJC Green Book) pay, terms and conditions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland is now open. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. with effect from 1 April 2023, an increase of one day to all employees' annual leave entitlement. UNISON and GMB have agreed to accept the offer, which is the highest offered in over a decade. Members of the National Employers Side This would lift all council and school employees back above the real living wageof 9.90 per hour (outside London). For too long, our local government members have faced real terms pay cuts. The Society of Local Council Clerks is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company registration number 10566132. The 2.7% rise will come in the same week that millions of workers see their wages hit by a National Insurance increase. The squeeze on household budgets has a pronounced effect oncouncil workers, many of whom are in low-paid roles and are currently paid little more than the minimum wage, say unions. Arrangements have been made for councils to be consulted on the unions claim at regional pay briefings, to be held online between 6 and 15 February (see below). The new pay rates can be viewed here: Click here to view the Pay Rates. In that letter I again warned that the NLW, along with the wider economic backdrop of rising inflation, cost of living, energy and fuel prices meant the pay challenge in 2022 was shaping up to be of a different order of magnitude to recent years and that, councils with relatively few staff on the bottom pay points are likely to incur lower costs than councils (and schools) with large numbers of staff on those pay points.. The problem for the NJC is caused less by in-year comparisons but more the practicalities of when the government announces the increase to the NLW for each forthcoming April (usually in October / November) and the NJCs negotiating timescales, which, as is currently evident, almost always run past the usual implementation date of 1 April due to the timing of the local government funding settlement, trade unions pay claim, the consultation process and sometimes the electoral timetable. (additional copies for HR Director and Finance Director) Find out more about cookies and how we use them. The deal will see hundreds of thousands staff paid an extra 1,925 this year. The Local Government Association said on Thursday that council employees at about 350 local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland had been offered an increase of at least. Not allowing for any increase on any other SCPs or any restoration of differentials, 35 per cent of the entire FTE workforce on the new bottom pay point We have carers delivering care in the community that are facing increasing expenses for having to use their car for work.. The employers of course respect that each of the unions has its own processes to adhere to and that any member consultations they conduct will take as long as is deemed necessary by their national committees. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. The NEU is seeking sufficient funding to be provided to allow employers to make an above-inflation pay rise. (to be shared with HR Director and Finance Director) The key features of the 2022-23 Public Sector Pay Policy are: setting a guaranteed wage floor of 10.50 per hour, going beyond the current real Living Wage rate of 9.90; providing a guaranteed cash underpin of 775 for public sector workers who earn 25,000 or less; providing a basic pay increase of up to 700 for those public sector . Pay is a complex issue and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Includes the latest updates relating to local government services (Green Book) and craftworkers, chief executives and chief officers. For the lowest paid (currently earning 18,333 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 10.5 per cent.". The total public sector pay bill was around 235 billion in the 2021/22 financial year - with central government pay (which includes UK government departments, parliament, most public bodies and the devolved administrations) costing about 165 billion and local government about 70 billion. Cost in the region of 366m (2.41 per cent on national paybill) over the two years from 2022. It is vital that every council is represented at these meetings by senior elected members and senior officers. .~~~fPA`8j`ur'jva]c5ZoX<0,'r\X|m\%&}jEm`K)];3OHb=v_K[&8%8UYnhn*. Council workers accept deal that will give lowest-paid 10.5%, Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2021. Employers are encouraged to implement this pay award as swiftly as possible. Local government trade unions have accepted a pay offer that equates to a 10.5% increase for the lowest-paid workers. (additional copies for HR and finance directors) As well as dealing with increased workloads because of austerity cuts, staff have been further stretched by the challenges of the pandemic and spiralling day-to-day costs, the three say. The new pay rates are attached at Annex 1. This may require, in some organisations, that a local agreement has to be reached in order for the extra day to be applied. The NEU has no role in this national process. The unions met on 1 November 2022 and agreed to accept the offer. The changes will see an employee on 20,000 a year pay an extra 89 in tax. . Therefore, the pressure on the NJC pay spine is set to continue and will need to be factored into the National Employers considerations in the forthcoming pay round. These recommendations have been. Unite acting national officer for local government Graham McNabsaid: Our local government members have been the bedrock that allowed public services to function smoothly during the pandemic against a background of more than a decade of cuts to local council budgets. Unite's local government members will next month stage targetted industrial action at . The National Joint Council for local government services negotiates the pay, terms and conditions of staff in local authorities. Around 2.5 million UK workers will receive a pay rise, as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increase on 1 April. Decisions on grading structures, pay progression and all terms and conditions beyond core minimum standards are all properly taken by individual employers, providing a system that is uniquely flexible and responsive to local labour markets and service delivery needs. 2 0 obj x]YsG~WC?fcIl9lJ+d@4hvH |udYe1LO_dz?N/V8O?N,V)Y7^KDQ`2*Z-X|w"2|FTJIX7? The National Employers, who negotiate pay on behalf of 350 local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, made the offer to unions today. Anyone wishing to attend this briefing should email harry.honnor@local.gov.uk, [2] For organisations that are subscribers to Employer Link | Local Government Association, Local Government Association company number 11177145, Membership and services for councils and councillors, LGA principal advisers and regional teams, Licences, regulations and trading standards, The unions are currently consulting their members on the 2023 pay claim, forecasts from the Low Pay Commission (LPC), Employer Link | Local Government Association. Employers Secretary Unison calls for above-inflation pay rise for public sector . Find out how the service group works, the issues we face and some of our achievements. [1] On 1 April 2022, employees, employers and the self-employed will all pay 1.25p more in the pound for National Insurance. The National Agreement Green book will, with effect from 1 April 2023, be amended to read as follows: With effect from 1 April 2023, the minimum paid annual leave entitlement is twenty-three days with a further three days after five years of service. Negotiations with unions are under . Council employees have been offered a pay increase of 1,925 from 1 April 2022. The new rates for allowances, uprated by 1.75 per cent, are set out at Annex 2. However, it should be noted that the Chancellor also reaffirmed government policy for the NLW to reach 66 per cent of median earnings in 2024. School support staff employed on NJC conditions are of course represented in national pay negotiations by UNISON, GMB and Unite. In addition, the National Joint Council (NJC) has agreed that from 1 April 2023, all employees covered by this National Agreement, regardless of their current leave entitlement or length of service, will receive a permanent increase of one day (pro rata for part-timers) to their annual leave entitlement. The U.K. government can afford to give the country's 5.5 million public-sector workers an inflation-busting pay rise, according to its own official forecasts. Paragraph 28(3) Nursery Staffs in Educational Establishments - Special Educational Needs Allowance, Paragraph 28(14) Laboratory / Workshop Technicians. with effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 4.04 per cent on all allowances. Local Government Association Employers will need to amend the CARE and final pay figures (if the ex-employee has pre-April 2014 LGPS membership) accordingly. The increase offers workers an additional 3% plus the 4.5% average pay . "For the lowest paid (currently earning 18,333 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 10.5 per. The 2022/23 Local Government & Schools Pay offer is for one year and is as follows: With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above (FTE). Agreement has been reached on rates of pay applicable from 1 April 2021. The NJCs full expectation is that the additional days leave will be applied for all NJC staff, regardless of existing local arrangements. Under the latest offer announced by Scottish Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville earlier this month, teachers earning up to 80,000 would have a 6% pay rise from April 2022, and then . <> . endobj The National Employers look forward to hearing from you at the forthcoming regional pay briefings. We will be expecting that offer to meet our members needs and address the massive pressure they are facing due to the rate of inflation.. If requested by an ex-employee to do so, we recommend that employers should pay any monies due to that employee from 1 April 2021 to the employees last day of employment. The National Employers believe local government should not be a minimum wage employer, so retain their long-held position of maintaining headroom between the NLW and NJC spine. topic. Prior to this, we had been working on an assumption (which we shared at the March briefings) that the NJCs bottom pay points would need to rise to around 10.25 in 2022 and 11 in 2023 to provide some headroom, if the forecasts came in at the top of the ranges we had seen over the previous two years. However, they believe their offer is fair to employees, given the wider economic backdrop.. 0800 0 857 857, Copyright 2023 Privacy policy It will affect around 1.5 million employees. The total increase to the national paybill resulting from this offer is 1.045bn (covering the period to 31 March 2023). The award is the highest offered to NJC workers in over a decade with local government workers bearing years of below inflation pay offers and pay freezes which have seen them lose over 25% from the value of their pay since 2010. It is clear that both of these figures are now inadequate as targets and will likely change again during the pay negotiation process. Terms and conditions. There are no nationally determined jobs or pay grades in local government, unlike in other parts of the public sector. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 2022 National Pay Negotiations The three local government unions (UNISON, GMB and Unite) are expected to lodge their pay claim for 2022-23 at the end of this month, which you will note. This would lift all council and school employees back above the real living wage of 9.90 per hour (outside London). Tel: 0800 085 7857l.government@unison.co.uk, To: Chief executives in England, Wales and N Ireland Unite's local government members will stage targeted industrial action at councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in March, after rejecting a 1.75 per cent pay offer in a ballot of more than 300 local authorities. A month later, Downing Street said government ministers would have their additional salaries frozen for the year ahead. The Government has announced a pay rise for around 2.5 million public sector workers. At the beginning of the year when we were waiting for the unions to settle the 2021 pay round, which they eventually did on 28 February, I wrote to you on 2 February to highlight the very difficult decisions that faced the National Employers as they began to consider their approach to the 2022 pay negotiations. The National Employers also responded on a number of other issues raised in the NJC trade unions pay claim including offering an extra days annual leave for all staff.. (the standard working week). 0800 0 857 857, Copyright 2023 Privacy policy GMB national secretaryRehana Azamsaid:GMB members working across local government and schools need a pay rise that truly recognises and values their work. . The wages of public sector workers including teachers, police officers and civil servants are to rise after Rishi Sunak announced that a pay freeze imposed last year would end in April 2022. Local Government Association company number 11177145, Membership and services for councils and councillors, LGA principal advisers and regional teams, Licences, regulations and trading standards, LGA responds to Public Accounts Committee report on workforce skills, More news in this 01 August 2022 By Megan . It is up to individual employers to make their own decisions on how to proceed, including taking legal advice where appropriate. The National Employers are also acutely aware of the recruitment and retention challenges councils are facing. Furthermore, the fact the NEU is not recognised by the NJC does not prevent the union from taking action on behalf of its members. Find out more about cookies and how we use them. Costs for individual councils will vary from place to place: those councils with relatively few staff on the bottom pay points are likely to incur lower costs than councils (and schools) with large numbers of staff on those pay points. The National Employers are acutely aware of the additional pressure this years offer will place on already hard-pressed council finances, as it would need to be paid for from existing budgets. ITS TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR SAY ON PAY! There are no nationally determined jobs or pay grades in local government, unlike in other parts of the public sector. The truth is it's an insult. . London SW1P 3HZ Employer regional pay consultation briefings have been arranged to take place (virtually) in each of the nine English regions, Wales and Northern Ireland between 14 and 27 June. 31 March 2022. This includes the hourly rate, as per the agreement with NALC, for the annual salary divided by 52 divided by 37. The majority of employees - those on salaries starting at 18,198 per annum - would receive an uplift of 1.75 per cent on 1 April 2021, with those on the lowest salary receiving 2.75 per cent. Employers should also familiarise themselves with our industrial action e-guide and FAQs. Read about our approach to external linking. The NJC has agreed to recommence the review of Term-Time Only working arrangements, which was paused at the outbreak of the pandemic. When salary arrears are paid to ex-employees who were in the LGPS, the employer must inform its local LGPS fund. UNISON has written to its branches recommending its reps to temporarily suspend co-operation with the NEU at all levels of the union National, Regional and Local. Unions say most of the pay rises awarded earlier this year are not enough for people to live on, especially with the current high level of inflation. The National Joint Council negotiates the pay, terms and conditions of staff in local authorities. Unite the UK's leading union, which represents tens of thousands of council workers, has rejected the local government pay offer which was made earlier this week. The public sector pay review covers roughly 2.5mn people, some 45 per cent of public sector workers with total pay costing taxpayers 220bn in 2021-21. Pay proposals at-a-glance: Nurses in England would get 3.5% in 2023-24. Significant pay boost vital to meet spiralling costs. Notwithstanding the retention and morale issues this would create, it could also lead to huge equal pay challenges in many areas. Richard Lloyd, chairman of Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which sets salaries, said: "This is the first increase in pay for MPs in two years and follows the average of increases across the public sector last year. Although our recommendations in the autumn will be subject to Commissioners assessment of economic conditions, our current best estimate for the on-course NLW rate in April 2023 is 10.32, within a range of 10.14 - 10.50. We have school members that areregularly workingat levels above what they are being paid for and struggling to put food on the table at home. The NJC pay award will not resolve this dispute. Equality matters. With real inflation (RPI) running at over 12 per cent, the Employers pay offer of 1,925 for local government workers is another real terms pay cut, on all pay spines. The recognised Unions (GMB, Unison & Unite) submitted a pay claim for: An increase of RPI + 2% on all spinal column points. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. endobj With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above. As those in the public sector, of which there . Monday 28 February 2022. 3 0 obj Many staffare struggling to make ends meet and unless theyre paid properly, many will decide to quit for better paid work elsewhere. The total increase to the national paybill resulting from this offer would be 1.093bn (6.42 per cent). 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