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. "Pay from 2021 is being backdated to last April. 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. NJC Payscales for 2021/22 | NICVA FAO: Local Government, Council and School workers across England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. An indicative industrial action ballot has started. Regional Directors14. Public sector pay policy 2021-2022 (superseded) - gov.scot For too long the people who are at the heart of our communities have been failed by their employers. Part-time staff to be given a choice of a pro rata reduction, or retaining the same hours and being paid a higher percentage of FTE, A minimum of 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays and statutory days, for all starting employees, plus an extra day holiday on all other holiday rates that depend on service, An agreement on a best practice national programme of mental health support for all local authorities and school staff, A joint review of job descriptions, routes for career developments and pay banding for school support staff, and completion of the outstanding work of the joint term-time only review group. Circular 09/2021 FEMPI Pay Restoration 1 July 2021. Are you the sort of person who cant sit and do nothing when you can see injustice or something wrong? GMB have 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. GMB, alongside other unions formally wrote to the employers to lodge an official paydisputefor the 2021/22 pay round. www.gmb.org.uk. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, local government and council workers have kept the country going, working above and beyond the call of duty, putting themselves and their families at risk to support the effort against Covid-19. GMB members working in local government and school & academies that follow National Joint Council (NJC Green Book) pay, terms and conditions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have received a pay offer today. Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. The success of busting the pay freeze was down to members coming together to campaign for pay justice - we need you to do this again. 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.. Hundreds of occupations are covered by this pay offer. PRESS RELEASE: 14 MAY 2021 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. You are right that local government staff are a vital part of our national infrastructure providing services that everyone relies on and protecting some of the most vulnerable in our society. Council employees set to lose part of pay rise | Local Government GMB members working across councils, local authorities and local government recently voted to reject the pay cuts being proposed by local government employers. Not got a GMB Workplace Organiser yet? Payscales for 2020/21 | NICVA Taxes for the NHS and social care should be raised from other sources better able to pay. 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. London 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. In making . GMBs priority is to make sure your workplace is safe so please do get in touch if you are worried about lack of safety measures at work - publicservices@gmb.org.uk, 2. This is an important early response to the recent . On Mileage Allowances, the LGA has agreed to make representation to the HMRC. A national minimum agreement onhomeworkingpolicies for all councils. 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. The pay claim is not then expected to be tabled until at least next month, by which time it will already be after the usual pay implementation date of 1 April. (See table 5.) Government offers civil servants 1.5% pay rise in revised offer The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will set out plans for funding allocations in 2023-24 through the upcoming Local Government Finance Settlement. You will be aware that the employers made a pay offer of 1.5% for 2021. Support staff: pay | NEU NJC pay: 1.75% is still not good enough - UNISON South East As a result of this, we will inform the employer that our members have once again overwhelmingly rejected the offer and have mandated us to seek further talks for a new and significantly improved deal. 130 Euston Road 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. An agreement on a best practice national programme of mental health support for all local authorities and school staff. 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. Years of real terms funding cuts have led to dirty streets, closed libraries, and low pay across our schools. With inflation spiralling and the cost of living crisis deepening, the headroom between the lowest local government pay threshold and the national living wage is set to be eroded. Please note in this NJC circular we have focused on the need for all risk assessments to be updated as restrictions are lifted in England today. The government's '3% pay rise' is a cut in real terms for nurses Contact GMB National Office or your GMB Region. We are asking councillors to debate and sign this model motion for councils. Thanks so much to all of you that took the time to vote. Inflation is running at above 4% and workers have faced 23% real terms pay cut over the last decade. Sign in or Register a new account to join the discussion. "Disappointing" council pay offer ignores huge Covid-19 - GMB But the commission has. All Local Government Noticeboard | GMB THANKYOU FOR VOTING. Funding of 64.5 million will be committed to ensure adult social care workers will be paid at least the Real Living Wage from May 2021, backdated to April 2021. Local government services pay agreement 2021-2022 It will affect around 1.5 million employees. The results will be released shortly! 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. Councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they need a fair funding settlement from Government to survive. State employees to see 8.7% pay raise | Government | newspressnow.com Wilko bosses should hang their heads in shame. The National Employers have made a pay offer to the NJC unions. Terms and Conditions | Built by 89up, Latest bulletin for local government workers: NJC 2022 PAY OFFER, ministerial.correspondence@levellingup.gov.uk. GMB will ask all members in scope of NJC pay to make sure they have their say on pay. GMB CoronavirusHub resources can be found at here. London NW1 2AY. Your local GMB branch/office should have contacted you to discuss how you can vote in this ballot and how you can get active in your pay campaign to stop these pay cuts. Frontline staff dont need more clapping ora badge they need a proper pay increase, We're campaigning to fix social care, organising for betterpay & conditionsand fighting for full sick pay. 'Now is the time - have your say on pay' - UNISON National 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. GMB and the other trade unions with members affected will be meeting once all ballots close and discuss next steps. There was also a separate conditions claim. 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 ballot was consultative, so the offer isn't automatically applied. The employers are assessing their position on this, and we are expecting a response on this shortly. School staff, refuse collectors and council workers have kept our country moving through the coronavirus crisis, often putting themselves in harm's way. With effect from 1 April 2021, an increase of 1.50 per cent on all NJC pay points 1 and above, Completion of the outstanding work of the joint Term-Time Only review group, A joint review of the provisions in the Green Book for maternity / paternity / shared parental / adoption leave. Local government pay ballot 2022 - UNISON Scotland Public service pensions increase: 2022. The NJC pay survey closed in November 2020. The National Employers share councils frustration that the unions actions mean that, six months after the full and final offer was made, employees are unlikely to receive the monies due to them before the increase to national insurance contributions comes into effect in April, she said. Members of the National Employers Side NJC for Local Government Services Join todaywww.gmb.org.uk/join, Want information about being a GMB Rep in your workplace? The government's '3% pay rise' is a cut in real terms for nurses. The vote has therefore carried and employers have now been notified. (Separate advice is in place for Wales and Northern Ireland).