National Secretary,
Please ensure your details are up to date as only GMB members will geta vote in our ballot. 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. Now that many protections will be removed on Monday 19th July, whilst infection rates are rising, we know that our members once again will be on the frontline, providing vital services to the public whilst putting themselves at risk. GMB members working across councils, local authorities and local government recently voted to reject the pay cuts being proposed by local government employers. 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. It's a woeful pay offer. Employers need to continue to work with our reps locally. "For the lowest paid (currently earning 20,441 per annum), the offer equates to an increase of 9.42. GMBs priority isto make sure your workplace is safe so please do get in touch if you are worried about lack of safety measures at work. Ms Cooke explained that current government pay policy has less clarity than previously, with remits for pay review bodies making reference to affordability and consistency with private sector pay increases'. FAO: Council, Local Authority and Local Government workers acrossEngland, Wales, & Northern Ireland. Date: 11/01/2021.
FAO: England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. Please note the following and the need for employers to work with union reps locally: As restrictions have been lifted across England, we need to ensure all updated risk assessments are in place. Its not just GMB that is shouting about this. Now they are being told by Local Government employers all they deserve is a pay cut. Over the last year GMB members working in councils, local authorities and local government have shown how indispensable you are.
Budget 2021: Public sector workers set for pay rise, says Sunak Since then, we have received news that of the other unions, Unisons members in England and Wales also rejected the offer but as their ballot turnout was a low turnout, they also have no ability to progress the issue via any form of industrial action. Policy paper. Under the claim, the pay of the lowest paid workers would go above 10 per hour - lifting them above the real living wage of 9.50 per hour (outside London). The results will be released shortly! Pay offer details The key details of the improved offer are: An increase of 2000 for those earning up to 20,500 An increase of 1925 for those earning between 20,500 to 39,000 A 5% increase for those earning between 39,000 to 60,000
Large minimum wage increase to boost low-paid workers' incomes Local Government employers have only tabled a 1.75% pay offer. Over the last year GMB members working in councils, local government and schools have shown how indispensable you are. 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. 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. This could either mean continuing to seek further talks with the employers or moving to an Industrial Action Ballot campaign.
SLCC | Local Government Pay Claim 2021/22 FAO: Members in England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. 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. The more people who join GMB, the stronger we can make your work better. Email your local councillors asking them to lobby Government for proper funding for Local Government and School. Weve made this easy to do by filling in the form on the Pay Justice Nowsite! Published 28 February 2022. 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. The Government continues to work closely with the sector to understand the pressures that local authorities are facing across their services. This means all members will now get a vote to decide on whether to take strike action to stop these pay cuts. "Council employees have been offered a pay increase of at least 1,925 from 1 April 2023.
A Pay Raise Update, and More - Government Executive The government's '3% pay rise' is a cut in real terms for nurses. All results are being analysed by regional teams toidentifypotential local campaigning targets outside of this national pay claim. An increase in the Scottish Local Government Living Wage (SLGLW) rate to 9.78 per hour. Local Governmentand Building Safety Department
National Secretary, GMB. Wed 21 Jul 2021 04.00 EDT Last modified on Fri 23 Jul 2021 06.45 EDT You can download all the campaign materials at the hub. 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. They have made calls for more funding for local government and for a more stable long-term financial settlement. 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. 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. Notes to editors 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.
Public sector pay and employment | Institute for Government GMB will urge Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer or GMB members will have no alternative but to begin preparing for an Industrial Action Campaign for Pay Justice. 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. A national minimum agreement on homeworking policies for all councils.
2022-23 NJC (Local Government, Councils, & Schools) pay offer: FAQs - GMB 12 January 2021. Date: 15/07/2021 Vote and vote YES for Strike Action/Action Short of a Strike. HB14 also provides a $2-per-hour shift differential . 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. 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. For every four GMB members who voted, three rejected the employers 1.75% pay offer for 2021/22. The claim was for a 10% pay increase for local government workers. By Jim Dunton. We need all our members to have their say on pay. GMB urges Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer NOW. 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 . STATE OF ALASKA: STATE OF HAWAII: U.S. Office of Personnel . However, the Government recognises that inflation is higher than it was when these budgets were set and is committed to supporting councils to deliver high-quality public services. The 2022/23 Local Government & Schools Pay offer is for one year and is as follows: With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above (FTE). Message a friend on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp, 2. Local Government workers know they need a proper pay rise and this isnt it. This article is more than 1 year old. A joint review of the provisions in the Green Book for maternity / paternity / shared parental / adoption leave. 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. 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. A reduction of the working week to 35 hours with no loss of pay, and a reduction to 34 hours a week in London. GMBwill meet with the other recognised unions (Unison & Unite) on Tuesday 1st November 2022 and notify them and the employers of our result. Information and resources to support bargaining and campaigns, Access hundreds of different learning opportunities as part of your GMB membership, See the latest training, guides, and resources for GMB reps, See all the latest information and guidance from your union, Find out more and get involved inon our campaignto make schools safe, Fighting for Amazon workers across the country, The campaign for apay rise for local government and school workers. Pay is ultimately a decision for local councils. GMB Senior reps across Local Authorities, Schools and Academies will be meeting on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. GMBs consultative ballot on the NJC Pay Offer for 2022/23 has now closed. Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! I am writing on behalf of the Employers Side of the NJC to respond formally to the Trade Union Sides pay claim. The NJC pay survey closed in November 2020. 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. GMB senior reps are disappointed that the Local Government employers have only tabled a 1.75% pay offer which is a pay cut in real terms. 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. A commitment to ensure adult social care workers receive at least the Real Living Wage of 9.50 an hour has been agreed with COSLA. Set against this context, the Employers offer of a 1.5% offer is not enough. 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. GMB members who completed surveys, alsoindicatedother key issues of importance this year. NW1 2HD. We have to stop them cutting sick pay. We are now entering into talks to make a collective pay claim for 2021-22 for all members in local government, and to do that, we need to hear from you: Members! If approved, the proposed raises, coupled with those provided during the past few fiscal years, mean that the average county employee will have received a 29.1% pay raise since April 2021. 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.
The Debt Ceiling in 2023: An In-Depth Analysis of Government Debt An official website of the United States government. 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. There was also a separate conditions claim. 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') The three trade unions in their response rejecting the pay offer of 1.75% from 1 April 2021, asked the National Employers to consider re-opening the negotiations to seek an improvement. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic our Local Government, School and Council workers have continued to work tirelessly to keep 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. Housing & Communities
2022/23 Local Government & Schools Pay offer is for one year and it is as follows: The employers have already agreed to complete the work of the joint term-time only review group and have begun discussions on homeworking policies but are not prepared to discuss a homeworking allowance. Young people and apprentices on the National Minimum Wage will also see a boost to their wages. 2021: One-year pay freeze, excluding NHS staff and workers earning below 24,000 In an announcement on Monday, the Treasury said the chancellor would use his forthcoming Budget to say "the.
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Public service pensions increases - GOV.UK The joint union NJC Pay Claim for 2022 has now been submitted to employers for their consideration. The Government has urged everyone in England, from next Monday 13 December, to work at home where possible. As Government departments now face being tasked with identifying efficiency savings, GMB cannot express strongly enough how unacceptable further cuts would be. Please stand with our members. From school support staff to refuse workers, from town hall workers to social workers. The measure will hit lower paid workers hard and should be scrapped. We'll keep you updated when we know more. Representatives of councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland made the offer to 1.5 million local authority . [1]
General Schedule - U.S. Office of Personnel Management SLCC | 2021-22 National Salary Award Council employees' pay offer announced | Local Government Association Also, keep any eye on the following link where regular updates will be posted GMB Workplace Noticeboards. 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. GMB Union is calling on you to urgently address this pressing matter and offer financial support to protect jobs and services. 4. The Government is ready to talk to any council with concerns about its financial position where it cannot take steps to manage pressures locally. It will affect around 1.5 million employees. The National Employers wish to make the following one-year offer: The employers also reject the element of your claim that seeks, a joint review of job descriptions, routes for career developments and pay banding for school support staff as these are matters entirely for local determination rather than by the NJC. 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 to stop these pay cuts. GMB senior reps across Local Government, Councils and Schools met today (10/08/21) to discuss the Local Government pay offer. c/o UNISON Centre We asked all members - working in town halls, schools, academies and across local government - who would be affected by the offer, what you thought. . Circular 09/2021 FEMPI Pay Restoration 1 July 2021. 100+ respondents would be interested in becoming a GMB Rep in the workplace. Thats why GMB submitted the following pay claim this year: Our demand is fair: for a pay award that keeps pace with inflation. Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. As you are aware, GMB members rejected the 1.75% offer although on a turn out significantly below that required to give us any confidence that we could win a ballot for industrial action.
Local government services pay agreement 2021-2022 Energy bills are out of control. We will inform the employers of the result and are awaiting the outcome of the ballots of our sister unions. The results are in. This equates to 10.50% for SCP1 and no less than 4.04% for SCP43. 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. Public service pensions increase: 2022. It was barely above inflation a year ago. If you and your colleagues want a GMB campaign in your workplace to improve your terms and conditions, pleasecontactyour local GMB Representative. We will start our consultative ballot in November. "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. This equates to 10.50% for SCP1 and no less than 4.04% for SCP43. The employer has since considered this and increased it by 0.25% to 1.75%. This includes: The latest NJC circular focuses on the Governments announcement on working from home across England only. Trade Union Side Secretaries 22 Stephenson Way London
Thank you very much for your letter of 18 October regarding the letter sent by the National Employers for Local Government Services. GMB will now meet with reps to discuss next steps for a ballot on the offer and if this leads to industrial action, members will have our full support.. 67% of GMB members voted in favour of the employers pay offer. The three main trade unions - Unison, Unite and GMB . Unite's local government members will stage targeted industrial action at councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in March, after rejecting a 1.75 per cent pay offer in a ballot of more than 300 local authorities. For workers aged under 23, Commissioners recommended. The headline results are as follows: 45% of respondents would be willing to accept a 10% pay increase to at least maintain standard of living, with the mean settlement across all responses being 7.4% We have continued to press for further talks and an improved pay offer. 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.
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All Local Government Noticeboard | GMB VIDEO: Latest information on the pay offer and GMB campaign. School staff, refuse collectors and council workers have kept our country moving through the coronavirus crisis, often putting themselves in harm's way. In the pay offer letter dated 16th April 2020 the employer said: Employer side to make representations to government in order to seek funding for an additional amount to be awarded above the tabled 2.75% to employees in recognition of the exceptional hard work. 1 Horse Guards Road,
Not a GMB member? In 2021, federal employees received a 1.0% across-the-board increase and no adjustment to locality pay. We know that you have worked providing essential services throughout the pandemic and that you have more than demonstrated your worth in keeping this country going. "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. The challenge to be trusted to do the big, bold, brave things, 22 March 2022
76% of members balloted in consultation over the local government employers' pay offer voted to accept it. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
[email protected]. 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. The National Employers have made a pay offer to the NJC unions. Unions representing 750,000 council and school support staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland today (Friday) criticised the 1.5% pay offer made by the Local Government Association GMB, Unite and Unison submitted a joint pay claim to the local government employers in February for a 10% pay rise. The cost of filling up a car is at record levels.
'Disappointing' pay offer for council employees announced | Local "Pay from 2021 is being backdated to last April. Perhaps you deliver a service across Local Government? Council employees have been offered a pay increase of 1.50 per cent from 1 April 2021.
Employment Cost Index Summary - 2022 Q04 Results - Bureau of Labor We communicated the clear strength of feeling among local government, council and school workers about how disappointed and angry people are and why members have rejected the plans for pay cuts. Default is not an option. 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.
LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK local government - Pay 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. Thank you to all GMB members who responded to recent surveys regarding your aspirations for pay this year. 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. FAO:ALL GMB MEMBERS WORKING IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES, COUNCILS, SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES ON NJC CONDITIONS. (This is the agreed minimum hourly rate that will apply to any employee of a Scottish Council.) To discuss pay and to build support for the pay rise. Payments will be slightly affected by the national insurance rise. London
Full details of the letters can be read below: Remember union strength is in its numbers so the more people who join GMB, the stronger we are to make a real difference in your work. The public sector pay review covers roughly 2.5mn people, some 45 per cent of public sector workers with total pay costing taxpayers 220bn in 2021-21. Taxes for the NHS and social care should be raised from other sources better able to pay. UNISON is calling on its members to vote for strike action, arguing the 1.75% offer by local government employers is below-inflation.. UNISON, GMB and Unite have called for a 10% pay rise for council staff to ensure the lowest paid employees earned just above the new real . GMB presented this claim to Unison and Unite in discussions to agree thisyear'sjoint union pay claim.
Public sector pay: Unions reject 1.5% pay offer for council workers 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. 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. 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. National Employers for local government services, To: Chief Executives in England, Wales and N Ireland GMB alongside sister unions have written to the employers setting out our disappointment and seeking reasons of this U-turn. Make sure you get your ballot paper and vote if you have not received your ballot paper, please contact your local GMB Region or Branch Office, Tuesday 10th August 2021 Public sector workers and the people of our country deserve better.
Local Government Red Book Craft Workers Noticeboard | GMB 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. However, the Government would expect councils to take into account wider public sector pay awards and overall affordability when negotiating the pay settlement.
Exclusive: Strike action 'doubtful' as union's ballot results come in Local government pay is negotiated between the National Joint Councils employer and union representatives. Not got a GMB Workplace Organiser yet? 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. We recognise that local government is facing a range of inflationary pressures including those relating to pay. GMB union met with the Local Government employers on Wednesday 13th October 2021.
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