Its been a tough year for so many people, especially for everyone who has worked so hard keeping the countrys public services going. GMB is campaigning for pay rises to be properly funded. 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. 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. Council employees pay offer announced 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. So what's next? 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. Years of real terms funding cuts have led to dirty streets, closed libraries, and low pay across our schools. The measure will hit lower paid workers hard and should be scrapped. The Low Pay Commission's recommendations set. Housing & Communities They are the people collecting our bins and sweeping our streets in all weathers, educating and looking after our children, taking care of our elderly, sick, and most vulnerable, and doing all the other countless, crucial jobs for the public. 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. It is not yet known whether the trade unions will accept this latest proposal, which the National Joint Council that . We asked all members - working in town halls, schools, academies and across local government - who would be affected by the offer, what you thought. GMB members working across councils, local authorities and local government recently voted to reject the pay cuts being proposed by local government employers. The three big unions - Unison, GMB and Unite - tabled their pay claim for last year on 15 February 2021, which was much later than in previous years, when claims were usually lodged before Christmas. We are grateful for all of their important work and focus over a difficult year. 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. 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. London, 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. Digital self-sufficiency allows all staff to contribute to a local authoritys shared, EMAP Publishing Limited Company number 7880758 (England & Wales) Registered address: 10th Floor, Southern House, Wellesley Grove, Croydon, CR0 1XG, We use cookies to personalize and improve your experience on our site. A trade union has started balloting 370,000 council and school staff for strike action over the 'inadequate' pay offer. But for others it meant being redeployed like library workers delivering food parcels. In full, the increases from April 1 2021 are: National Living Wage (23+) has increased 2.2%, from 8.72 to 8.91 National Minimum Wage (21-22) has increased 2%, from 8.20 to 8.36 National. The offer comes after a crunch meeting today between local government employers and trade unions after the previous pay offer of 1.5% was turned down in May. GMB CoronavirusHub resources can be found at here. An official website of the United States government. Local Government workers know they need a proper pay rise and therefore GMB will be recommending members REJECT this pay offer. 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. 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. 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. 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 is continuing to support businesses with their energy costs through its generous package of support. Any offer that is accepted will be back dated to 1st April, 2020. The Government is ready to talk to any council with concerns about its financial position where it cannot take steps to manage pressures locally. However, the Government would expect councils to take into account wider public sector pay awards and overall affordability when negotiating the pay settlement. "Council employees have been offered a pay increase of at least 1,925 from 1 April 2023. 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 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. This means all members will now get a vote to decide on whether to take strike action to stop these pay cuts. Set against this context, the Employers offer of a 1.5% offer is not enough. Local government pay is negotiated between the National Joint Councils employer and union representatives. GMB, alongside other unions formally wrote to the employers to lodge an official paydisputefor the 2021/22 pay round. Not a GMB member? Please see latest agreed Local Government NJC Circulars | GMB. An Academy? Each council takes into account a number of factors such as job size and local labour market conditions when deciding an employees salary. 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. My sincere thanks for taking the trouble to make me aware of these concerns. The three local government unions (UNISON, GMB and Unite) are expected to lodge their pay claim for 2022-23 at the end of this month, which you will note will be almost two months beyond the. Not got a GMB Workplace Organiser yet? Work in a Local Authority? 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. And the response was to accept the pay offer. (Separate advice is in place for Wales and Northern Ireland). GMB and the other trade unions with members affected will be meeting once all ballots close and discuss next steps. We are asking councillors to debate and sign this model motion for councils. GMBs consultative ballot on the NJC Pay Offer for 2022/23 has now closed. We expect a formal response is coming soon so we are gearing up to ensure that all GMB members have a say on their pay. GMBwill meet with the other recognised unions (Unison & Unite) on Tuesday 1st November 2022 and notify them and the employers of our result. Your GMB regions will now be analysing all the results with their Local Government and School Trade Union Representatives to discuss what happens next. The total public sector pay bill was around 235 billion in the 2021/22 financial year - with central government pay (which includes UK government departments, parliament, most public bodies and the devolved administrations) costing about 165 billion and local government about 70 billion. Now that many protections have been removed, we know that our members once again will be on the frontline, providing vital services to the public whilst putting themselves at risk. Then in May, local government employers made a pay offer of 1.5% to council and school staff. We'll keep you updated when we know more. It agrees an annual uplift to the national pay spine, on which each individual council decides where to place its employees. Fry Building However, in a letter recently received on 18th May, 2020 the LGA Board made up of councillors have informed us they will not be approaching the government for any more resources to award to employees in recognition of their response to the COVID-19 emergency. 2 Marsham Street . Not a GMB member? Employers need to support employees to take steps to look after their wellbeing during their period of working from home. The pandemic has shown us how much the country needs our hard-pressed, public service heroes and how much GMB members care, so passionately, about what they do. This includes 1 billion of new grant funding in 2023-24 and 1.7 billion in 2024-25, further flexibility on council tax, and savings from delaying the rollout of adult social care charging reforms. Some Democrats and federal employee unions have urged lawmakers to adopt a more generous . This includes: The latest NJC circular focuses on the Governments announcement on working from home across England only. GMB is clear. 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. The pay negotiations will also be influenced by shifting government policy. Local government workers should be paid for the work we do and trained for the work we do we need a review of job descriptions, career development, and pay for schools support staff; too many are working over and above their pay grades without the acknowledgment or reward. I am writing on behalf of the Employers Side of the NJC to respond formally to the Trade Union Sides pay claim. The claim was for a 10% pay increase for local government workers. The Government has urged everyone in England, from next Monday 13 December, to work at home where possible. At last week's meeting, Cafcass board members said the organisation had offered a lower pay rise than local government . A 250 consolidated pay increase on pay points 7 to 18 (inclusive) on the PSC pay spine with effect from 1 September 2021 (to be backdated) A 2.1 per cent consolidated increase on pay. FAO:ALL GMB MEMBERS WORKING IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES, COUNCILS, SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES ON NJC CONDITIONS. Now rising prices have left council and school staff wages well and truly behind. FAO: Local Government, Council and School workers across England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. 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. Visit our, Council employees set to lose part of pay rise. HM Treasury, Local government pay ballot 2022 THE PAY BALLOT IS NOW CLOSED. However, as the results have been broken down by local authority, it has taken some time to analyse these which is necessary to understand the strength of feeling in different parts of the country. This could either mean continuing to seek further talks with the employers or moving to an Industrial Action Ballot campaign. PRESS RELEASE: 14 MAY 2021 For too long the people who are at the heart of our communities have been failed by their employers. Now rising prices have left council and school staff wages well and truly behind. Unions previously said the negotiations had reached a deadlock after the government initially offered no increase.. At a time of rising inflation, high energy costs and increased mortgage and rent payments our members deserve a fully funded, inflation linked pay rise. Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP Sign in or Register a new account to join the discussion. I understand that the National Joint Council has reached agreement on the Local Government Services pay offer for 2022-23. Unison head of local government Mike Short said: "The unions tried hard to raise the level of last year's pay offer. The real problem is the impact of the rise in the long term. for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities This is an important early response to the recent . After a decade of funding and pay cuts, you and your colleagues across local councils, schools and essential services are fighting the crisis of a generation as key workers protecting the public from Covid-19. Rehana Azam 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. GMB alongside sister unions have written to the employers setting out our disappointment and seeking reasons of this U-turn. 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. 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. 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. London Public service pensions increase: 2022. You will be aware that the employers made a pay offer of 1.5% for 2021. Local government services pay agreement 2021-2022 Employers' Secretary Naomi Cooke Address for correspondence Local Government Association 18 Smith Square London SW1P 3HZ Tel: 020 7664. 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. Are you the sort of person who cant sit and do nothing when you can see injustice or something wrong? London 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 . Because of the employers refusal to increase the offer, coupled with the increase in National Insurance contributions which is due on 1st April 2022, we have pushed for the offer to be agreed in order to ensure that members get the back pay in March as opposed to losing some in extra tax by paying this in April. 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. 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. 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. Local government employees will lose some of their backdated 2021 pay rise - because "protracted" union tactics mean it will be subject to April's national insurance increase. 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. NW1 2HD. London NW1 2AY. Thats why GMB submitted the following pay claim this year: Our demand is fair: for a pay award that keeps pace with inflation. The National Employers have made a pay offer to the NJC unions. All ofthe results were collated and considered by your GMB teams of Officers and Reps and the GMBs National Local Government and Schools Committees. 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. 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. 2 Marsham Street Employers need to continue to work with our reps locally. Councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they need a fair funding settlement from Government to survive. Here's how you know. It will affect around 1.5 million employees. 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. For workers aged under 23, Commissioners recommended. Hundreds of occupations are covered by this pay offer. Perhaps you deliver a service across Local Government? Help build the union in your workplace: You can find resources to help you at the. Public service pensions increase: 2021. 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. Under the NJC constitution, if two unions accepted, the deal could have been signed off and paid before April to ensure you get all the money. 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. "Pay from 2021 is being backdated to last April. 2022/23 Local Government & Schools Pay offer is for one year and it is as follows: With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above. 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