Decision details

RESOLVED: 1. That an annual pay award of 1% be implemented with effect from 1st April 2017.

2. That Pay Grade PG13 be removed from the Authority’s pay scales and that staff be assimilated to PG12 with a minimum pay rate of £7.78 per hour.

3. That staff on the revised grade of PG12 progress through the grade subject to the achievement of a specified NVQ level 2 qualification/apprenticeship in an agreed subject, demonstration of specified qualities/criteria as relevant to the post or demonstration of a willingness to work more flexibly (e.g. by working in different teams or at different sites).

Reason for Decision:  To implement an annual pay increase for employees whilst continuing to reflect the Government’s policy of public sector pay restraint and the Authority’s ongoing budget savings requirement. To reflect the approach taken by the National Employers in relation to increases in the minimum wage paid to employees and to amend the local pay scale accordingly