The government's '3% pay rise' is a cut in real terms for nurses Public sector pay policy 2021 to 2022 (revised) - Scottish Government The employers rejected the following elements of the pay claim: Our demand in the pay claim was fair: we wanted a pay award that keeps pace with inflation; a Covid recognition payment, a review of term time only contracts and consideration of retainers; a reduction in the working week (without loss of pay) to 35 hours (34 hours in London); a review of mileage rates. Whilst voting in this ballot was set against an unprecedented time with members fighting Covid-19 and keeping communities' safe turnout was the best it could be under these circumstances. However, the Government would expect councils to take into account wider public sector pay awards and overall affordability when negotiating the pay settlement. Policy paper. You have more responsibility and stress than ever before, but your pay continues to stagnate. At the time of writing, we have yet to get agreement for this to happen and the current delays make this less likely due to the time needed to process the payments. Unions representing hundreds of thousands of local government workers have rejected a 1.5% pay offer, describing it as "insulting" to staff who worked hard to keep vital services running throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Date: 11/01/2021. Now that the current pay round has been concluded,GMB will be consulting withmembers on your pay aspirations for 2022. We are asking councillors to debate and sign this model motion for councils. Local government employees will lose some of their backdated 2021 pay rise - because "protracted" union tactics mean it will be subject to April's national insurance increase. This includes: The latest NJC circular focuses on the Governments announcement on working from home across England only. 2022 National Pay Negotiations | Local Government Association 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. General Schedule - U.S. Office of Personnel Management Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. We asked all members - working in town halls, schools, academies and across local government - who would be affected by the offer, what you thought. Unions call for a 'substantial' pay rise for council and school workers Tuesday 16 February 2021 Three local government unions have submitted a pay claim for 2021/22, which they say begin s to redress a decade of cuts and recognise s the key role played in the pandemic by school and council staff. A pay cut in real terms. FAO: Council, Local Authority and Local Government workers acrossEngland, Wales, & Northern Ireland. (This is the agreed minimum hourly rate that will apply to any employee of a Scottish Council.) Victorian politicians win 2.5% pay rise, union says increase should A national minimum agreement onhomeworkingpolicies for all councils. As the NJC pay points are widely used in the voluntary and community sector in . A trade union has started balloting 370,000 council and school staff for strike action over the 'inadequate' pay offer. On 27 July, a revised offer was made, of 2.75% to those on the lowest pay grade and 1.75% to everyone else. Help build the union in your workplace: You can find resources to help you at the. GMB CoronavirusHub resources can be found at here. It's a woeful pay offer. For many, that meant doing their normal jobs in more risky situations for example social workers visiting homes and refuse collectors working in small cabs. Public sector pay policy 2021-2022 (superseded) - gov.scot "For the lowest paid (currently earning 20,441 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 9.42. The real problem is the impact of the rise in the long term. Local government pay - the National Joint Council (NJC) Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! GMB asked National Joint Council (NJC) national employers across Local Government, Councils and Schools to join with the trade unions and make a joint approach to the Westminster Government, for more funding for Local Government pay. maintaining regular contact with their manager and colleagues, avoiding being always on by ensuring that they identify non-working time, contacting the employee assistance programme if they need support, for example, in relation to heightened feelings of anxiety, being aware of the things that can cause them poor wellbeing and the activities and resources that can help to address this, Completion of the outstanding work of the joint Term-Time Only review group. - You can download all the campaign materials at the hub. GMB alongside sister unions have written to the employers setting out our disappointment and seeking reasons of this U-turn. GMB NJC meetings have already taken place with the majority view that we move to a pay claim that asks for a substantial pay increase but that this pay round we include a conditions claim as there are several areas NJC unions want to discuss with the employer in the next pay round. If you feel your workplace is not safe, or would like a GMB rep to support you in making your workplace safe please get in touch with your local GMB office by clicking the button below. Council employees have been offered a pay increase of 1.50% from 1 April 2021. Because of the employers refusal to increase the offer, coupled with the increase in National Insurance contributions which is due on 1st April 2022, we have pushed for the offer to be agreed in order to ensure that members get the back pay in March as opposed to losing some in extra tax by paying this in April. Organise a meeting to discuss pay and to build support for the pay rise using our campaign resources. Are you the sort of person who cant sit and do nothing when you can see injustice or something wrong? A School? GMB union met with the Local Government employers on Wednesday 13th October 2021. Employers need to support employees to take steps to look after their wellbeing during their period of working from home. 130 Euston Road The pay negotiations will also be influenced by shifting government policy. Council employees pay offer announced The Joint National Secretaries for GMB, Unison, and Unite, have written to the NJC Employer Side expressing dissapointment and reiterate requests for urgent further negotiation and talks on the issue of Local Government Pay. The Government is continuing to support businesses with their energy costs through its generous package of support. 76% of members balloted in consultation over the local government employers' pay offer voted to accept it. We have to stop them cutting sick pay. A substantial pay increase with a minimum of 10% for all workers in local government and schools! Given the experience of the past twenty-one months, all councils should already have flexible working policies that set out protocols for employees whose roles readily lend themselves to working at home and we expect those arrangements to now be kicking in again. Council employees set to lose part of pay rise | Local Government A 23 or 24-year-old paid the current full national minimum wage rate of 8.20 an hour will need to be paid at least the NLW rate of 8.91 an hour. 'Now is the time - have your say on pay' - UNISON National Thank you for your letter of 18 October to the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, about local government spending. As unions we have also been campaigning for this, as we have seen the impact Covid has had on local authority budgets, and consequently on services and our members jobs and pay. London NW1 2AY. Employment Cost Index Summary - 2022 Q04 Results - Bureau of Labor The Government has urged everyone in England, from next Monday 13 December, to work at home where possible. This article is more than 1 year old. This represents an increase of 59 pence or 6.6 per cent. You will recall that in February the unions lodged their pay claim for: During March, councils in each of the nine English regions, plus Wales and Northern Ireland, were consulted at virtual regional pay briefings. Employers have been encouraged to pay this award to employees as soon as possible. The employers also propose that the NJC begins immediate exploratory discussions on three other elements of your claim, as follows: There was no support from councils for the offer to include three other elements of your claim, therefore the employers reject the following. The government has offered civil servants a 1.5% salary increase plus a cash payment in wage negotiations with trade unions, Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu said on Monday.. For every four GMB members who voted, three rejected the employers 1.75% pay offer for 2021/22. Large minimum wage increase to boost low-paid workers' incomes My sincere thanks for taking the trouble to make me aware of these concerns. For too long the people who are at the heart of our communities have been failed by their employers. Over the last year GMB members working in councils, local government and schools have shown how indispensable you are. Public service pensions increases - GOV.UK Public service pensions increase . We know how disappointed members will be of this disregard particularly at a time when our members are working so hard fighting this pandemic. Pay award 2021/22 and 2022/23 - Local Government Association About 5.7 million people are employed in the public sector in the UK. Local Government Pay Settlements Financial year 2021/2022 Local government services pay agreement 2021-2022 Employers' Secretary Naomi Cooke Address for correspondence Local Government Association 18 Smith Square London SW1P 3HZ Tel: 020 7664. 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Regional Directors14. Thank you to all GMB members who responded to recent surveys regarding your aspirations for pay this year. Further to recent updates, we wanted to keep you informed as to developments in the 2021 pay offer. Secretary of State Department for Levelling Up, 5. It agrees an annual uplift to the national pay spine, on which each individual council decides where to place its employees. This means all members will now get a vote to decide on whether to take strike action to stop these pay cuts. Inner London Pay Spine From 1 April 2021 an increase of 2.75% on point 1 and 1.75% on all other points rounded up to the multiple of 3. Meanwhile, some councils in London and the East of England are bracing themselves for strike action for a week this month by workers represented by Unite, which told LGC the names of the places where strikes would take place had not yet been finalised. It is applicable to rates of pay from 1 April 2021 onwards and the LGA has encouraged employers "to implement this pay award as swiftly as possible." Unison's head of local government Mike Short said the focus would now be on achieving a more substantial pay rise for 2022-23. A consultative industrial action ballot will start in November 2021. A debt limit increase under unified Democratic government in 2010 even included the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, a fiscally responsible piece of legislation serving as a backstop to deficit increases caused by Congress that, unfortunately, has never been allowed to go into effect. "All options for meeting the [national living wage] challenge will lead to increased costs to councils and as a result will divert money away from other critical pay issues including those high up councils agenda such as local government workforce capacity," she said. Unison head of local government Mike Short said: "The unions tried hard to raise the level of last year's pay offer. Years of real terms funding cuts have led to dirty streets, closed libraries, and low pay across our schools. GMB, alongside other unions, has formally written to the employers to lodge an official pay dispute for the 2021/22 pay round. We believe local government employees should be paid fairly, which is why we work together to negotiate better pay with employers. Your GMB regions will now be analysing all the results with their Local Government and School Trade Union Representatives to discuss what happens next. Thanks so much to all of you that took the time to vote. Unions call for 10% pay rise for council staff - LocalGov This pay offer does not apply to council chief executives, senior officers, teachers or firefighters, who are covered by separate national pay arrangements. Local government pay ballot 2022 THE PAY BALLOT IS NOW CLOSED. Written Statement: Provisional Local Government Settlement 2022-23 However, it is understood most councils have been unable to get the pay award processed before next month's payday, when it will be subject to the new headline 1.25% national insurance rise. Each council takes into account a number of factors such as job size and local labour market conditions when deciding an employees salary. The claim was for a 10% pay increase for local government workers. It is unacceptable that a letter seeking an urgent commitment has been ignored and this lack of response and commitment could result in job losses. To promote our Local Government Survey, we've produced these posters for your local workplacenoticeboards: This has been a difficult year for workers across local government. Now rising prices have left council and school staff wages well and truly behind. GMB will meet with sister unions tomorrow and have arranged a GMB senior reps of the GMB Local Government and Schools Committees to discuss the final pay offer on Tuesday 10th August 2021. Recent developments On 27 October 2021, the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 announced that public sector workers would receive "fair and affordable" pay rises across the 2022/23 to 2024/25 Spending Review period. The employers have made an offer of 1.5% for 2021 and have said that it cannot offer more because local authority finances are severely stretched. Work in a Local Authority? It was barely above inflation a year ago. Become a workplace organiser - step up to be your work colleagues voice in your workplace! The success of busting the pay freeze was down to members coming together to take an active role in campaigning for pay justice and we need your help again in achieving this. Join todaywww.gmb.org.uk/join, Want information about being a GMB Rep in your workplace? Unite council staff 'support industrial action', after voting Please also ensure your membership details are correct and you can update any changes here. You will be aware that the employers made a pay offer of 1.5% for 2021. LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK local government - Union starts GMB senior reps across Local Government, Councils and Schools met today (10/08/21) to discuss the Local Government pay offer. 3.2% Federal Pay Raise Bill Appears in Senate - Government Executive The three big unions - Unison, GMB and Unite - tabled their pay claim for last year on 15 February 2021, which was much later than in previous years, when claims were usually lodged before Christmas. GMB is clear. The employers have now met and considered this request carefully and the decision was made to reaffirm the offer as their full and final position. Exclusive: Strike action 'doubtful' as union's ballot results come in Three local government unions have called for a wage increase of at least 10% for all council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.