We have been advised that members of one of the unions involved, the GMB, have voted to accept the pay offer in its pay ballot. Just over half (53%) voted to accept the offer. Another union, UNISON has not accepted it, however. Their consultative ballot closed at the end of June and their members have
The employers’ side have today put the following “full and final” offer to the NJC unions: With effect from 1 April 2024, an increase of £1,290 (pro rata for part-time employees) to be paid as a consolidated, permanent addition on all NJC pay points 2 to 43 inclusive. With effect from 1 April 2024, an
With reference to the above, we are aware that there have recently been some developments in regard to the pay talks for 2023/4. These are as follows: UNITE have announced that members have rejected the offer by 75% to 25% and plans to conduct a formal ballot for industrial action. This will commence in late
The National Employers have considered this matter and agreed unanimously on this offer which was put to the NJC Trade Unions yesterday with effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of £1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above with effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 4.04 per cent on all allowances
Further to the news item of 28 July reporting the offer made, the three local government unions, UNISON, GMB and Unite, have now confirmed that their respective consultation ballots on the final pay offer will run through to late September or early October. All three unions will be recommending that the pay offer of 1.75% be
The new National Living Wage rates increase from £8.72 an hour to £8.91 an hour from this Thursday, 1st April 2021. This rate applies for the first time to those 23 and over, rather than 25 and over previously. The rates also increase for: 21 and 22 years old to £8.36 an hour – previously
There has been some confusion over the local Government sector involvement in light of the recent announcement by the Chancellor of a pay freeze for public sector staff, with the exception of staff on less than £24,000, who would receive a £250 payment. The Local Government Employers have clarified that the Government has no formal
The National Living Wage will increase from next year, April 2021, to £8.91 per hour from £8.72 currently. This is a 2.2% increase. The age bracket for the full National Living Wage is reduced for the first time to include 23 and 24 year olds. The increases in full are: Age 25 and over: currently
The SLCC Advice Team have received queries from members regarding the pay increase and specifically the backdating of the award to 1st April. There have been cases of councils wishing to pay the increase from 1st October and some refusing to pay it at all to employees who have left in the meantime. Whilst it
The Government has announced this morning that it is bringing in a new law to ensure all furloughed employees receive redundancy payments at 100% of their normal pay, rather than a reduced furlough rate. This will mean that employees on regular fixed salaries get redundancy payments based on their normal wage as if they were
