NJC Union Recommendations and Timescales for Consultation
The NJC Unions recommendations and timescales for their members views on the 2022/23 pay offer are:
UNISON
Recommendation: neutral
Consultation has started and runs to 19 September 2022
GMB
Recommendation: neutral
Commences 22 August runs to 21 October 2022
UNITE
Recommendation: rejection
Commencing from end of August running to 14 October 2022
The offer is for an increase of £1,925 on all scale points.
Once again it will not be until the end of October that the responses to this offer are known.
For those leaving or thinking of leaving their council during this time, the advice from the National Employers to councils is clear – that payment of arrears should be made “where requested”. Therefore, please put in your claim for the increase to be backdated from 1 April 2022 until the date of your leaving.