IMPORTANT UPDATE on Unified Pay

 

Earlier this week the Trade Unions and the Council agreed the following joint statement here

Dear Colleague

Good News

UNISON has welcomed the news that the negotiations have been extended in order to ensure the grading of jobs has been completed before the final Council proposals are formally submitted to the Trade Unions. UNISON is also pleased the proposed changes to the redundancy have been withdrawn……read more here

No so good news?

Apologies for the lack of information about the negotiations which have been taking place over the last three weeks. Some of the delays have simply been as a consequence of requests made by the Trade Unions in response to the initial Council proposal submitted to the Trade Unions on 9 October 2014. Whilst it I understand that our members are anxious to know what is being proposed it is important to understand that any proposed changes will have an impact on almost 5,000 staff (including maintained school support staff). This is why the Trade Unions are concerned and have requested further information in order to understand which groups of staff may be affected and how.

Over the next few weeks the Trade Unions are busy on the job evaluation panels after which we will be back in talks with the Council over the details of the Council proposals.

 

In the meanwhile you can view the 3 November 2014 Joint Communication on the UNISON website HERE or on the Council web sites here www.barnet.gov.uk/unified-reward