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- Employers and unions agree arbitration terms
- Council staff to receive 2008/09 pay rise
- Healey announces support for councils to deliver equal pay
- 84,000 council staff strike on second day of action
- Survey reveals 100,000 council workers strike
- Only 611 schools closed by strike, according to LGA survey
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- Response to Unison vote for strike on council pay
- NUT should 'pause for thought' before embarking on strike action - council leaders
- Employers make final pay offer to local government unions
- NUT should take a pause for thought before strike action - council leaders
- LGE submit formal pay offer to unions
- Any council worker pay deal must balance taxpayer needs, affordability and attractiveness of local government
- Councils striving for equal pay for its workforce
Council staff to receive 2008/09 pay rise
17 October 2008
Local Government Employers and the trade unions have agreed that staff will receive the 2008/09 pay offer.
The Employers’ Side of the National Joint Council made a final pay offer of 2.45 per cent, plus an additional £100 a year for the lowest paid grades. No agreement has been reached and Unison and Unite staged a two day strike in July. The unions subsequently referred the dispute to arbitration, which the employers agreed to.
Given the time that has elapsed since the award was due, and the likelihood of further delays arising from the arbitration process, the two sides of the NJC have now decided that the employers’ final offer should be implemented as recognition of the hard work and commitment of local government staff. It is effective from 1 April 2008.
Brian Baldwin, Chairman of the Employer’s Side of the NJC, said:
“Our greatest asset is our staff and we wanted to ensure they received their pay rise in time for Christmas. This increase recognises their hard work and will help people grappling with rising costs and the credit crunch.
“The pay rise is the limit of what is affordable to the council tax payer but will also make sure local government continues to be an attractive place to work. Employees on the lower grades will also receive an extra £100 a year, which equates to an overall rise of 3.3 per cent.”