This circular sets out pay restoration due on 1 July 2021 as provided for in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 ('the Act') If you and your colleagues want a GMB campaign in your workplace to improve your terms and conditions, pleasecontactyour local GMB Representative. The National Employers have today made the following one-year offer to the unions representing the main local government NJC workforce: With effect from 1 April 2021, an increase of 1.50. A 1.75% pay rise for local government employees, backdated from 1 April 2021, was agreed at the end of last month, and at the time the Local Government Association encouraged employers to implement it as swiftly as possible. "For the lowest paid (currently earning 20,441 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 9.42. The joint union NJC Pay Claim for 2022 has now been submitted to employers for their consideration. GMB members throughout councils and schools want to deliver for the public they serve, but just dont have the resources or numbers of staff to do it. This includes: The latest NJC circular focuses on the Governments announcement on working from home across England only. 3. We are grateful for all of their important work and focus over a difficult year. The vote has therefore carried and employers have now been notified. Not got a GMB Workplace Organiser yet? Any offer that is accepted will be back dated to 1st April, 2020. Pay is ultimately an issue for local councils, and it is the responsibility of employers to make an assessment on what is affordable within the overall available resources. This could either mean continuing to seek further talks with the employers or moving to an Industrial Action Ballot campaign. 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. Local government pay - the National Joint Council (NJC) Defending and improving members' pay is one of UNISON's main tasks. Make sure all your membership contact details are up to date. GMB Senior reps across Local Authorities, Schools and Academies will be meeting on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. Our members in schools are perhaps the best example: while it was often said that schools were closed during the lockdowns it was school support staff who went into schools to provide education for vulnerable children and the children of key workers, while infection rates were extremely high and before there was any protection from a vaccine. Local Government employers have only tabled a 1.75% pay offer. We know that inflation is at a level not seen for thirty years and that is before the additional costs caused by the increase in the energy price cap come into effect. Following the pay offer which falls short of our pay claim we need a much stronger message to government, so we have written to the employers calling specifically for them to join us and call for more funding for local government pay. Some Democrats and federal employee unions have urged lawmakers to adopt a more generous . 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. We have to stop them cutting sick pay. A Council? The Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation is currently 3.2%. A national minimum agreement on homeworking policies for all councils. Local Government workers know they need a proper pay rise and this isnt it. 350,000 Government employees are set to receive general pay increases of 2% over the lifetime of the new two-year public service agreement, with the potential of a further 1% under new sectoral . The National Employers, who negotiate pay on behalf of 350 local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, made the offer to unions today. Become a workplace organiser - stand up to injustice in your workplace! All Local Government Noticeboard | GMB GMB, alongside other unions formally wrote to the employers to lodge an official paydisputefor the 2021/22 pay round. Before any changes to COVID-19 control measures are implemented. Government and your employers need to understand that you simply cant be expected to accept further below inflation pay awards and we will need to send a message that unless they table a decent rise, our members will not accept it. Please ensure your details are up to date as only GMB members will get a vote in our ballot. 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. The Government has urged everyone in England, from next Monday 13 December, to work at home where possible. Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP 20 January 2022. Govt employees to receive 2% pay increases in new deal - RTE.ie Thanks so much to all of you that took the time to vote. The NJC payscales, which are local government payscales resulting from negotiations between the employer and trade union sides of the National Joint Council, have been agreed for the 2021/22 year. Local Government Pay Settlements Financial year 2021/2022 The 2021-22 Public Sector Pay Policy is a single-year policy. Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. With the increasing prices and the cost of living rising to an all-time high, this failure is hitting hard. GMB urges Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer NOW. EmailPublicServices@gmb.org.uk. An indicative industrial action ballot has started. Then in May, local government employers made a pay offer of 1.5% to council and school staff. 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. As a result of this position, we have held a meeting of the GMB NJC committee with a view of getting a way forward. You will be aware that the employers made a pay offer of 1.5% for 2021. 27 Jul 2021 Council employees have been offered an improved pay increase. Budget 2021: Public sector workers set for pay rise, says Sunak (Approximately 1 million workers plus are covered). In GMB, all members have their say on pay. GMB members across Local Government, Councils and Schools have been having their say on pay and the results are in! Its time to make work better. This would be payable from 1 April 2021. It is not acceptable that Government is failing in its responsibility to ensure sufficient funding for vital public services and that its failure to do so may potentially mean that merely ensuring compliance with the NLW, could result in job losses and cuts to public services. Surveys by XpertHR, a research group, point to a median pay award of 3 per cent for 2022, with the bottom quartile of employers offering up to 2.5 per cent. National Living Wage increase to protect workers' living standards 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.. The response from the employers side was to refuse to do this having already stated that it was the final offer. The government has announced that the qualified pay freeze in the public sector is over, and although this never applied directly to local government, it was a factor considered by some councils and reflected in recent years consultations. 5. GMB is now asking you to vote to accept or reject the pay offer at 1.75% (please note pay point 1 will be increased by 2.75%), What happens next is up to you. - You can download all the campaign materials at the hub. 1. "Disappointing" council pay offer ignores huge Covid-19 - GMB As a result, please keep an eye out for further bulletins as we fight for fair wages over the coming months. There are also concerns about how the 2022 pay claim, which unions are this week poised to begin consulting their members over, will be impacted by the rise in the national living wage which is expected to hit 10.70 by 2024. 25 May 2021. An agreement on a best practice national programme of mental health support for all local authorities and school staff. Unions previously said the negotiations had reached a deadlock after the government initially offered no increase.. You have more responsibility and stress than ever before, but your pay continues to stagnate. Employers will now consider the pay claim ahead of pay negotiations starting. Public Sector Pay Policy For 2022-23 Background The 2022-23 Public Sector Pay Policy sets out the parameters for pay increases for staff pay remits and senior appointments and applies to public bodies with settlement dates in the year between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 (inclusive). An official website of the United States government. The more people who join GMB, the stronger we are! GMB Union is calling on you to urgently address this pressing matter and offer financial support to protect jobs and services. The three main trade unions - Unison, Unite and GMB . The pay negotiations will also be influenced by shifting government policy. GMB is campaigning for pay to be properly funded. A Pay Raise Update, and More - Government Executive At a time of economic crisis for millions of people, with the cost of living spiralling out of control there should be clarity and leadership from Government, and it is disappointing that your department has chosen to ignore such an important issue. Full details of the offer can be found here. Full time (20hr+/week) 14.57 per month, Part time: (20hr-/week) 8.40 per month, If you work term-time hours only, you might be eligible to pay the part-time membership rate, so ask your region. From school support staff to refuse workers, from town hall workers to social workers. London They have made calls for more funding for local government and for a more stable long-term financial settlement. However, the turnout did not meet the legal threshold required to take industrial action on a national level although a number of branches across the country have demonstrated the level of support which does give us a range of options to escalate the dispute if further talks are not successful. The Low Pay Commission's recommendations set. National Secretary, There was also a separate conditions claim. 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. A reduction of hours to a 35-hour working week (on the same pay); 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays; better maternity/paternity/ adoption leave; new working from home policies and new measures to tackle workplace stress and support mental health. 67% of GMB members voted in favour of the employers pay offer. The final pay claim, as agreed by all three unions, and which has now been submitted is: A headlineclaimof an increase of 2,000 on each pay point, or of the current RPI rate, whichever is the greater, Review of term time only contracts and consideration of retainers, Reduction in the working week (without loss of pay) to 35 hours (34 in London), One additional day of annual leave across the board, Introduction of a home working allowance for all staff who are working from home, A national minimum agreement on homeworking policies for all councils, A separate urgent review of all mileage rates currently applying. All ofthe results were collated and considered by your GMB teams of Officers and Reps and the GMBs National Local Government and Schools Committees. Local government pay scale for support staff Special educational needs Outer London Pay Spines 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. The Government remains committed to tackling low pay. Thank you to all GMB members for taking the time to vote in the recent Indicative Industrial Action Ballot. Employers need to continue to work with our reps locally. 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. GMB have always known how crucial local government staff are, but the pandemic has raised public awareness of the work our members do. The employers declined to do this and today made the following full and final offer in response to our pay claim: Rehana Azam, GMB National Secretary, said: School staff, refuse collectors and council workers have kept our country moving through the coronavirus crisis, often putting themselves in harm's way. GMB Union is writing to express concern that to date, you have not yet responded to the letter from the Chair of National employers for Local Government Services dated 25th July to your predecessor, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP and to highlight to you how this is impacting our members. Following a review of our capital budgets, general capital funding for local government for 2022-23 will be set at 150m. NW1 2HD. Local Government Pay Claim 2021/22 - Full & Final Position - SLCC The NJC trade unions acknowledge the financial situation faced by councils and schools, and for that reason we have written to employers to propose a joint campaign with employers bodies, calling for additional funding from Westminster for local government pay. 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. Government offers civil servants 1.5% pay rise in revised offer "With 55% of local government workers earning below 25,000 per annum, low pay remains a significant issue and this year's settlement must not only protect workers from steep increases to. Housing & Communities Furthermore, the 1.75% increase offered to youth and community workers covering the period from September 2021 to August 2022 has not yet been accepted by Jim Kennedy, national officer for the local authorities sector at Unite, on behalf of youth and community workers. We put all Local Government, Councils, Schools and Academies Pay updates covered by the NJC on the GMB website, so please visit www.gmb.org.uk to find out the latest. This will increase to 200m for the following two years, including 20m in each year to enable authorities to respond to our joint priority of decarbonisation. The pay claim for 2021/22 from UNISON, GMB and Unite calls for a 'substantial' pay rise to tackle ten years of pay restraint and recognise the key role played by staff during the pandemic. Your local GMB branch/office will be contacting you shortly to discuss how you can vote in this consultative ballot and how you can get active in your pay campaign. 12 January 2021. Further to recent updates, we wanted to keep you informed as to developments in the 2021 pay offer. Taxes for the NHS and social care should be raised from other sources better able to pay. This equates to 10.50% for SCP1 and no less than 4.04% for SCP43. Wilko bosses should hang their heads in shame. Local councils play an essential role in the fabric of our country - providing services which we all rely on and supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. 4. Here's how you know. "Council employees have been offered a pay increase of at least 1,925 from 1 April 2023. My sincere thanks for taking the trouble to make me aware of these concerns. In the last GMB update we advised you that we have approached Local Government employers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland setting out our disappointment on the pay offer and asked it to be improved. 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. [1] You are true Covid heroes, keeping the nations essential public services going during the toughest of times, often putting your own health and safety at risk. 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. Although the sums involved in this are largely negligible (for example an employee on 20k per year would lose only 4.38 of the back pay), we strongly believe that you have waited long enough and should get every penny owed. Default is not an option. Join today www.gmb.org.uk/join. Inflation is running at above 4% and workers have faced 23% real terms pay cut over the last decade. The other union in the negotiations, Unite, do not conclude their ballot until 21st February. Fry Building Local government pay is negotiated between the National Joint Councils employer and union representatives. Date: 11/01/2021. Councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they need a fair funding settlement from Government to survive. I would like to express my sincere apologies for the delay in response to both your letter and the letter sent from the National Employers. GMB joint Local Government and Schools Committee representatives have discussed the pay offer and are recommending you vote to REJECT the offer. GMB continues to press the Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer. Payments will be slightly affected by the national insurance rise. The Government is ready to talk to any council with concerns about its financial position where it cannot take steps to manage pressures locally. GMB members, many of them in schools working with the most vulnerable pupils, deserve to be paid a decent wage and yet the local government workforce is on average the lowest paid. Exclusive: Strike action 'doubtful' as union's ballot results come in I am writing to update you on the work we have been doing on your behalf on the local government national pay negotiations for 2021. . Terms and Conditions | Built by 89up, Latest bulletin for local government workers: NJC 2022 PAY OFFER, ministerial.correspondence@levellingup.gov.uk. This will help us build a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy. We have been notified that the pay award from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 of a 1.75% increase has been agreed by the GMB and UNISON. VIDEO: Latest information on the pay offer and GMB campaign. Organise a meeting to discuss pay and to build support for the pay rise using our campaign resources. The headline results are as follows: 31% of respondents would be willing to accept a 5% pay increase to at least maintain standard of living, 93% respondents think GMB should continue to campaign for a minimum 10.00 starting rate, 63% respondents say excluding a percentage increase there is not anything else they would like GMB to submit on the claim (we have agreed to supplement this years pay claim with a conditions pay claim), 37% of respondents work regular unpaid overtime, 69% of respondents have taken time off due to Covid-19. Vote and vote YES for Strike Action/Action Short of a Strike. The measure will hit lower paid workers hard and should be scrapped. Public sector pay - House of Commons Library Pay forecasts for 2021 However, many workers will see their pay leap by 8.7% next month as they will fall within the new age threshold from 1 April. Local authorities were required to accommodate potential public sector pay awards in this year's budget planning following the 176m cash increase in the local government settlement provided by Welsh Government for 2021-22. Unison head of local government Mike Short said: "The unions tried hard to raise the level of last year's pay offer. Contact GMB National Office or your GMB Region. London NW1 2AY. Despite this, we are continuing to push for the agreement from the other unions in the hope that we can still get this paid and March and will update you very shortly with an update.
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