UNISON has signed a Collective Agreement with Sheffield City Council on the local implementation of the 2019 element of the National Pay Award (2018) for members covered by the National Joint Committee (NJC) negotiation framework. This affects staff employed on the Council’s Local Government Services 11 grade pay structure.

LGS April 2019 - 1. SCC LGS Pay Scales and Grades April 2019

The Council has held a number of consultation roadshows to inform staff of the generalities of the agreement and will be sending each employee a detailed breakdown of their individual outcome from w/c 18th February.

The key changes arising from the pay award are:-

• The minimum pay rise for all staff in 2019 is 2%. This rises to around 4% for staff due an incremental increase.
• The introduction of a new bottom pay rate of £9 per hour, which has resulted in a number of Spinal Column Points (SCP) being deleted from the pay structure.
• All Staff will be realigned onto the new pay structure based on their SCP and pay rate, with no detriment. The SCP staff will be aligned to will be lower than their current SCP due to the removal of the bottom SCP’s from the structure.
• Staff will remain in the same grade as now, with access to the top of the grade that also remains of equivalent pay value.
• Staff due an incremental increase will receive a full increment, except staff half of an increment away from the top of the grade who will receive a half increment.
• Increments due will be paid on the current monetary value. Staff will then be assimilated across on to the new grading structure, at the new lower SCP.
• Half increment values will still exist in the structure, but only until no-one remains on one, they will then be deleted. In 4 years they will have all gone.
• The grade overlaps that exist in the current pay structure will be removed in the new grading structure, achieved by removing the bottom SCP in grades.
  

The Council has a number of staff who are employed on TUPE Terms and Conditions who are not covered by this agreement. Discussions have taken place on an equivalent minimum pay increase of 2%.

Remaining council run schools will be adopting the new Council grading structure, as will a number of Academies, with talks ongoing with others.

Branch officers would once again like to thank members for the overwhelming support for the UNISON ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign. As a result the Council will not be returning to half increment increases or enforced unpaid leave. Thank you.

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Please see below the School Funding Ballot power point bulletin.

• Schools Ballot Bulletin January 2019
  

In response to education funding cuts, and the disproportionate impact they have on school support staff,  UNISON is balloting members employed by publically funded schools/academies and free schools/local authorities.

Please note this ballot will be conducted via email only and runs from Tuesday 22nd January to Tuesday 5th March 2019.

If you are a school worker, or know someone who is that hasn’t received an email with a link to the ballot, please contact the branch office asap to update your contact details.

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The Branch initiative that rewards members who encourage colleagues to join UNISON will be continuing for the foreseeable future. From 1st January 2019 the Branch will make a payment of £10 for each new member recruited (subject to a 3 month qualifying period).

All that is required is for you to put your name or membership number on the application form

NB: only those application forms received in Branch Office will be eligible for inclusion in this incentive, membership applications submitted either online or to national/regional office will therefore be excluded.

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