GMB senior reps will assess their response to the offer and agree the ballot timeline to ensure all our members have a say on their pay. Terms and conditions I welcome the recommendations relating to teachers' terms and conditions. Well, why dont you become one? Council employees have been offered a pay increase of 1.50 per cent from 1 April 2021. From school support staff to refuse workers, from town hall workers to social workers. 3. The measure will hit lower paid workers hard and should be scrapped. 20 January 2022. GMB and the other trade unions with members affected will be meeting once all ballots close and discuss next steps. Sadly, although GMB were willing to ensure that you received the money as soon as possible, this view has not been supported by the other unions. 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. 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. Each council takes into account a number of factors such as job size and local labour market conditions when deciding an employees salary. 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. At Spending Review 2021, the Government set out that councils in England will receive. GMB Mary Turner House This pay offer does not apply to council chief executives, senior officers, teachers or firefighters, who are covered by separate national pay arrangements. Further to recent updates GMB is now able to announce that the 2021 1.75% pay award has finally been agreed by Unison as well as GMB meaning that it can now be paid to you. The public deserve better too. Further details of pay scales will be issued shortly. Find out more about the unions' 130 year history, GMB membership offers plenty of extrabenefits, GMB's structures, rules and all things Congress. Unions previously said the negotiations had reached a deadlock after the government initially offered no increase.. The increase is 2.75% on all pay points applicable from 01 April 2020. Following a review of our capital budgets, general capital funding for local government for 2022-23 will be set at 150m. 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. A consultative industrial action ballot will start in November 2021. A joint review of the provisions in the Green Book for maternity / paternity / shared parental / adoption leave. 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. The 2021-22 Public Sector Pay Policy is a single-year policy. The other union in the negotiations, Unite, do not conclude their ballot until 21st February. GMB continues to press the Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer. Health Minister Martin Foley says he will donate his approximately $8500 pay rise to local charities, after Victoria's public sector union demanded the state government grant government workers the same 2.5 per cent pay rise politicians will receive from next week. 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. Please stand with our members. 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. In GMB only members have their say on pay and we now need you to take part in this important ballot and let us know if you are prepared to accept or reject the pay offer. Those discussions have now started for pay in 2021/22. GMB joint Local Government and Schools Committee representatives have discussed the pay offer and are recommending you vote to REJECT the offer. The measure will hit lower paid workers hard and should be scrapped. Thanks to reps and members who voted, joined us for online meetings, and got the vote out in their workplace! "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 unions tried hard to raise the level of last year's pay offer. Wilko bosses should hang their heads in shame. Otherwise, local government and education employees will quit for sectors paying better rates.". If you and your colleagues want a GMB campaign in your workplace to improve your terms and conditions, pleasecontactyour local GMB Representative. Taxes for the NHS and social care should be raised from other sources better able to pay. Further to recent updates, we wanted to keep you informed as to developments in the 2021 pay offer. Council employees have been offered what the Local Government Association describes as a 'full and final' pay increase of at least 1,925 from 1 April 2023. Thank you to the tens of thousands of GMB members that took part in the Have Your Say On Your Pay Local Government and Schools Consultative ballot across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. I am writing on behalf of the Employers Side of the NJC to respond formally to the Trade Union Sides pay claim. 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 . Unisons ballot result for Northern Ireland is not due until Thursday 10th February. GMB is campaigning for pay rises to be properly funded. Thank you to all GMB members for taking the time to vote in the recent Indicative Industrial Action Ballot. Lee Rowley MP Weve made this easy to do by filling in the form on the Pay Justice Nowsite! 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') 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 . Workers across Local Authorities, Schools and Academies deserve better. In addition, your National Local Government and Schools Committees will meet in the New Year to discuss what steps we take in this pay campaign. "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. Read the entire letter below: GMB will be running briefings on the offer and our pay campaign for reps and members. 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. 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. Its a scandal that people doing some of the most important jobs in our society are dealing with this cost-of-living crisis whilst living with chronically low pay. Three local government unions have today (Monday) 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. It's a woeful pay offer. As Government departments now face being tasked with identifying efficiency savings, GMB cannot express strongly enough how unacceptable further cuts would be. 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. "Council employees have been offered a pay increase of at least 1,925 from 1 April 2023. This equates to 10.50% for SCP1 and no less than 4.04% for SCP43. 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. 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. 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. FAO: England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. On Mileage Allowances, the LGA has agreed to make representation to the HMRC. By comparison, most council social workers in England are expected to get a 1.75% pay increase for 2021-22, though unions are still in dispute with the National Employers for local government services over their pay offer. Local Governmentand Building Safety Department Message a friend on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp, 2. (Approximately 1 million workers plus are covered). It was barely above inflation a year ago. The employers 1.75% offer is wholly inadequate and with energy bills skyrocketing, shopping bills going up, and inflation high and rising, it represents yet another pay cut for workers who have seen a quarter of the value of their pay wiped out since 2010. A national minimum agreement onhomeworkingpolicies for all councils. An. The Government continues to work closely with the sector to understand the pressures that local authorities are facing across their services. Employers are encouraged to implement this pay award as swiftly as possible. GMB pay ballot covering all workers across local government, school & academies that follow National Joint Council (NJC Green Book) pay, terms and conditions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland is now open. The National Employers hope this offer can quickly form the basis of an agreement between the two Sides so that employees, who continue to provide such critical support to their communities, can receive a well-deserved pay rise as soon as practicable. If the majority of GMB members vote YES, a formal ballot for industrial action will take place. The results will be released shortly! The 2023-24 rate peg also includes an adjustment for the change in the superannuation guarantee in 2021-22. . By Jessica Hill. 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. 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. The National Employers have made a pay offer to the NJC unions. 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. Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! 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. The detail in the unions' claim cites an RPI figure of 10.7 per cent, which is the current annual forecast for RPI in 2023, published in November 2022 by the Office for Budget Responsibility. There was also a separate conditions claim. Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! Update your details every GMB member will get their vote make sure your details are up to date. For workers aged under 23, Commissioners recommended. I am replying as the Minister responsible for public spending. This represents an increase of over 1,600 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the NLW and is expected to benefit over 2 million low paid workers. 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. Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. NW1 2HD. Having delivered our ballot in January, it has been frustrating waiting for news from the other unions knowing that any payment made after March will be subject to higher National Insurance costs as a result of the increase due on 1stApril. They state: Pay Agreement has been reached on rates of pay applicable from 1 April 2021. 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. 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. Local Government employers have only tabled a 1.75% pay offer. www.gmb.org.uk. The policy delivers an above-inflation headline pay increase of one per cent to all those earning between 25,000 and 80,000 and, to reduce the overall income gap, a capped increase of 800 for those earning above 80,000. Working across communities and delivering some of the most important public services should be properly remunerated and instead years of underfunding, pay freezes and pay cuts has resulted in one third of Local Government workers being paid the National Living Wage. Here's how you know. 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. 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. All results are being analysed by regional teams toidentifypotential local campaigning targets outside of this national pay claim. 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. 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% The Local Government Association Board made up of elected councillors have done a U-turn on a key part of the Local Government Pay Offer. NJC for Local Government Services Therefore, to meet the pay element of the claim in full (12.7 per cent) would increase local government's national paybill by more than 2.1bn. The letter from Cllr Sian Golding was seeking an urgent commitment from the government that the cost to local government employers of central governments policy on the National Living Wage (NLW) will be met for this year, 2022-3 and in future local government settlements. The letter also stated that without the estimated 800m cost of workable NLW compliance being met by central government some councils and other employers will have significant difficulty in affording the pay award which would result in jobs and services being put at risk. On 27 July, a revised offer was made, of 2.75% to those on the lowest pay grade and 1.75% to everyone else. You will be aware that the employers made a pay offer of 1.5% for 2021. Councils benefit from Holyrood windfall. Fry Building Organise a meeting to discuss pay and to build support for the pay ballot using our campaign resources. Your participation really matters. In terms of the result, we understand that the costs of living crisis is having a major impact and we are looking for the employers to recognise this. We would like to thank all members who took the time to vote and for the hard work of all the reps and branches in keeping members informed and working so hard to get the ballot out. 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 2020/21 year. Regional Directors14. We would like to apologise for the delay in sending this out considering that the ballot closed on 13th December. Within industry supersectors, compensation cost increases ranged from 4.3 percent for construction to 6.4 percent for leisure and hospitality. GMB Union negotiates pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in local government and schools. GMBs National Committees agreed that our claim should include: an increase of no lessthanRPI; a Covid recognition payment, 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. The employer has since considered this and increased it by 0.25% to 1.75%. Although the costs involved in this are negligible (for example, an employee on 20,000 PA would lose 4.38) we believe that you should get every penny of what a low award is and have been pushing to ensure that you get it.