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October 26, 2008
WORKPLACE BALLOTS ON PAY OFFER
This year's pay negotiations were vitriolic. As Napo's general secretary said, in relation to the negotiations, at the recent AGM:
"These problems, of course, were founded on the shameful withholding of increments from staff by the employers. As I have said in my foreword to the annual report, the fact that you can do something does not mean it is right to do it and the employers’ behaviour was neither right nor honourable.
Over the next two weeks we will hold workplace ballots on the pay offer, which must be completed by noon on Friday 7th November. Voting must be in person.
The documents attached explain the pay offer.
The pay deal is for two years.
Increments normally paid in the April of each year will in future be paid in October. You will be compensated for this changeover. Increments will continue to be paid automatically for the next two years at least. They will not be linked to performance. Whether they will ever be linked to performance is a matter for future negotiations. The employers tried it on this time and they will try again to bring in divisive measures - likely to drive pay downwards.
One increment represents 1% of your annual pay. Your pay can increase by 3, 2 or 1 increment, depending on what pay point you are on in relation to the ‘developmental point’ The vast majority of members will be below the developmental point, so you are likely to receive a rise of three increments (3%) in addition to your 2% cost of living increase. You will also receive payments backdated to last April.
As a rough ready reckoner your annual pay will rise by 5%. To apply this to your own pay, divide your annual salary by 20. No member will receive less than a £900 increase.
Valorise means ‘raise’ and Re means ‘once again’. So Revalorisation simply means revised or increased pay scales.
FORMULA: (Assuming below Development Point)
Calculate 1.5% of you salary - that's the lump sum
Add 2% to your salary - that's what you should have been paid since April. The back pay on that will be 1% of your annual salary until the end of September 2008.
Move yourself three incremental points up the scale - and that's your new salary.
If your 2% + 3 incremental points work out less than £900, you get a lump sum to make it up to £900.
Posted by Hampshire at October 26, 2008 10:22 AM